LIST
OF WITNESSES
|
Witness |
Title |
|
Admiral H. R. Stark |
Chief of Naval Operations. |
|
Rear Admiral R. E.
Schuirmann |
Director Central Division; Liaison with State Dept. for CNO. |
|
Major General W. C.
Short |
Commanding General Hawaiian Dept. |
|
Rear Admiral H. E.
Kimmel |
CincPac and CincUS |
|
Rear Admiral C. C.
Bloch |
Com14; Comdr. Local Defense Forces; Comdr. Hawaiian Sea Frontier;
Comdt. Navy Yard Pearl Harbor; Naval Base Defense Officer; under 2CL‑41
Comdr. Task Force Four. |
|
Vice Admiral W. S.
Pye |
Comdr. Battle Force; Comdr. Task Force One; Senior Officer
embarked in Pearl Harbor. |
|
Lt. Colonel K. A.
Tyler |
Army radar. |
|
Captain W. A. Heard |
In charge of Foreign Branch, ONI. |
|
Commander J. J.
Rochefort |
In charge of combat intelligence 14th Naval
District. |
|
Colonel W. C.
Phillips |
Chief of Staff (for General Short). |
|
Rear Admiral W. S.
Delaney |
Chief of Staff for Operations (for Admiral Kimmel). |
|
Rear Admiral W. A.
Kitts, III |
Fleet Gunnery Officer (on Admiral Kimmel's staff). |
|
Rear Admiral W. W.
Smith |
Chief of Staff to CincPac. |
|
Captain L. C. Ramsey |
Operations officer to Adm. Bellinger (Adm. Bellinger in
command of Pat Wing 2 and PatWing's Hawaiian Area); Comdr. Task Force Nine;
aviation liaison officer to cooperate with Com14; Comdr. Naval Base Defense
Air Force. |
|
Commander W. G.
Taylor |
Advisor to Army on radar. |
|
Vice Admiral P. N.
L. Bellinger |
Commander Hawaiian Based Patrol Wings and Comdr. Patrol
Wing Two; Comdr. Task Force Nine; Comdr. Fleet Air Detachment, Pearl Harbor;
Liaison with Com14; Comdr. Naval Base Defense Air Force. |
|
1st Lieut. J. L.
Lockard, USA |
Army radar. |
|
Sergeant G. E.
Elliott, USA |
Army radar. |
|
Lt. Commander G. W.
Lynn |
Senior Watch Officer, Op-20‑G decoding Japanese
diplomatic cryptographs. |
|
Captain L. F.
Safford |
Charge of Security Section of Naval Communications,
intercepts. |
|
Dr. Stanley K.
Hornbeck |
Special Assistant to Secretary of State. |
|
Lt. Commander A. V.
Pering |
On duty in Op-20‑G of Naval Communications. |
|
Admiral R. E.
Ingersoll |
Assistant Chief of Naval Operations. |
|
General George C.
Marshall |
Chief of Staff, Army. |
|
Rear Admiral C. H.
McMorris |
War Plans Officer for CincPac. |
|
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|
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LIST
OF WITNESSES‑Continued
|
Witness |
Title |
|
Lt. Comdr. F. M.
Brotherhood |
Watch Officer in Op-20‑G, Naval Communications. |
|
Vice Admiral W. L.
Calhoun |
Commander Base Force, U. S. Fleet. |
|
Admiral C. W. Nimitz |
Chief of Bureau of Navigation. |
|
Commander A. D.
Kramer |
Head of translation section of communication security in
Op-20‑G Naval Communications. |
|
Vice Admiral R. K.
Turner |
Director of War Plans in office of CNO. |
|
Rear Admiral Leigh
Noyes |
Director of Naval Communications. |
|
Admiral J. O.
Richardson |
CincUS prior to Admiral Kimmel. |
|
Joseph C. Grew |
Ambassador to Japan. |
|
Maxwell M. Hamilton |
Chief of Division of
Far Eastern Affairs in State Department. |
|
Captain H. H. Smith‑Hutton |
Naval Attaché in Tokyo. |
|
Rear Admiral Thomas
Withers |
Commander
Submarines, Pacific. |
|
Admiral J. R. Redman
|
Assistant Director
of Naval Communications. |
LIST
OF WITNESSES BEFORE ADMIRAL HART
|
Witness |
Title |
|
1. Admiral Claude C. Bloch, (Retired). |
USN, Commandant
14th Naval District; Commandant Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor; Commander Hawaiian
Sea Frontier. |
|
2. Commander Benjamin Katz, USN |
Charge of Code Room, Navy Department. |
|
3. Rear Admiral W. W. Smith, USN |
Chief of Staff of Pacific Fleet. |
|
4. Rear Admiral L. D. McCormick |
Assistant War Plans Officer to CincPac. |
|
5. Rear Admiral W. S. DeLany, USN |
Assistant Chief of
Staff and Operations Officer for CincPac. |
|
6. Rear Admiral A. C. Davis, USN |
Fleet Aviation Officer for Pacific Fleet. |
|
7. Captain M. F. Curts, USN |
Pacific Fleet Communication Officer. |
|
8. Vice Admiral P. N. L. Bellinger, USN. |
Commander PatWing Two; also controlled PatWing One;
Commander, Fleet Air Detachment on Ford Island; Commander, Task Force Nine;
Liaison with Commandant 14th Naval District in connection with aviation
facilities at outlying islands; Commander, Naval Base Defense Air Force. |
|
9. Rear Admiral Wilson Brown USN |
In command of Task Force Three. |
|
10. Rear Admiral W. S. Pye, USN |
Commander, Task Force One. |
|
11. Captain R. O. Glover, USN |
Assigned to Plans Division of Office of Chief of Naval
Operations. |
|
12. Commander P. C. Crosley; USN |
Flag Secretary on Staff of CincPac. |
|
13. Rear Admiral W. A. Kitts, III, USN. |
Fleet Gunnery Officer. |
|
14. Captain V. R. Murphy, USN |
Assistant to War Plans Officer. |
|
15. Commander J. J. Rochefort, USN |
Assistant Operations Officer; Force Intelligence Officer for
Scouting Force Commander; Officer in Charge of Combat Intelligence attached
to ComFOURTEEN. |
|
16. Captain E. T. Layton, USN |
Intelligence Officer U. S. Pacific Fleet: |
|
17. Vice Admiral W. L. Calhoun, USN |
Commander Base force, U. S. Fleet. |
|
18. Commander G. C. Briant, A‑(V)G, USNR. |
Aviation Aide to ComFOURTEEN. |
|
19. Rear Admiral C. H. McMorris, USN. |
Operations Officer on staff of Commander Scouting Force;
War Plans Officer for Adm. Kimmel. |
|
20. Vice Admiral R. K. Turner, USN |
War Plans Officer for Chief of Naval Operations. |
|
21. Captain J. L. McCrea, USN |
Aide to Admiral Stark. |
|
22. Rear Admiral T. S. Wilkinson, USN. |
Command of the MISSISSIPPI; Director of Naval
Intelligence. |
PROCEEDINGS
OF HEWITT INQUIRY 573
LIST
OF WITNESSES BEFORE ADMIRAL HART‑‑Continued
|
Witness |
Title |
|
23. Vice Admiral A. W. Fitch, USN |
Preceded Adm. Bellinger as Commander, PatWing Two. |
|
24. Captain George Vandeurs, USN |
Assistant to Adm. Bellinger in connection with joint Army‑Navy
air command. |
|
25. Admiral Wm. F. Halsey, USN |
Commander Aircraft Patrol Force; Commander Task Force Two. |
|
26. Captain I. H. Mayfield, USN |
District Intelligence Officer of 14th Naval District. |
|
27. Vice Admiral J. H. Newton, USN |
Command of Cruisers Scouting Force., |
|
28. Lieut. W. B. Stephenson, USN |
Head of Counter‑espionage Desk of District
Intelligence Office of 14th Naval District. |
|
29. Rear Admiral H. F. Kingman, USN |
Head of Domestic Intelligence Branch of ONI; Assistant
Director: of Naval Intelligence. |
|
30. Commander W. E. G. Taylor, A‑V(T), USNR. |
Special
assignments on radar. |
|
31. Captain L. F. Safford, USN |
Charge of Communications Security Section of Naval
Communications. |
|
32. Vice Admiral H: F. Leary, USN |
Commander, Cruisers Battle Force. |
|
33. Captain J. B. Earle, USN |
Commander, Destroyer Squadron Five; Chief of Staff 14th
Naval District. |
|
34. Commander W. A. Wright, USN |
Assistant Communications Officer on Adm. Kimmel's staff. |
|
35. Captain C. Wellborn, Jr., USN |
Administrative Aide to Chief of Naval Operations. |
|
36. Rear Admiral W. S. Anderson, USN |
Commander Battleships, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet. |
|
37. Vice Admiral R. M. Brainard, USN |
Director of Ship Movements Division, Office of Chief of
Naval Operations. |
|
38. Rear Admiral R. E. Schuirmann, USN |
Director of Central Division of Chief of Naval Operations
Office. |
|
39. Rear Admiral J. W. Bunkley, USN (Retired) |
Commanding Officer of. U. S. S. CALIFORNIA (Admiral Pye's
Flagship). |
|
40. Admiral R. E. Ingersoll, USN |
Assistant, Chief of Naval Operations. |
LIST
OF WITNESSES BEFORE ADMIRAL HEWITT
A.
AT PEARL HARBOR IN 1941
|
Witness |
Title |
|
1. Captain Edwin T. Layton, USN |
Intelligence Officer, Pacific Fleet. (R 182). |
|
2. Captain Joseph J. Rochefort, USN |
In charge of Communications Intelligence Unit, Fourteenth
Naval District. (R.43; R. 541). |
|
3. Vice Admiral William W. Smith, USN |
Chief of Staff, CincPac. (R. 335). |
|
4. Vice Admiral Charles H. McMorris, USN |
War Plans Officer, CincPac. (R. 293). |
|
5. Rear Admiral Walter S. DeLany, USN |
Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations, CincPac. (R. 163). |
|
6. Vice Admiral Patrick N. L. Bellinger, USN |
Commander, Hawaiian Based Patrol Wings; Commander, Patrol Wing
Two; Commander, Task Force Nine; Commander, Fleet Air Detachment, Pearl
Harbor. (R. 471). |
|
7. Captain John B. Earle, USN |
Chief of Staff, 14th N. D. (R. 451). |
|
8. Mr. George Street |
Manager, CA, Honolulu. (R. 411). |
|
9. Rear Admiral Irving H. Mayfield, USN |
District .Intelligence Officer, 14th N.D. (R.554). |
|
10. Captain Thomas H. Dyer, USN |
Cryptanalytical and
Decrypting Fleet Radio Unit, Pacific Fleet. (R. 418). |
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LIST
OF WITNESSES BEFORE ADMIRAL HEWITT‑Continued
A.
AT PEARL HARBOR IN 1941‑continued
|
Witness |
Title |
|
11.
Captain Joseph Finnegan, USN |
Translator,
Fleet Radio Unit, Pacific Fleet. (R. 424). |
|
12.
Commander Wesley A. Wright, USN |
Assistant
Communications Officer, CincPac, on temporary duty with Com 14 Communications
Intelligence Unit. (R. 442). |
|
13.
Lieutenant (jg) Farnsley C. Woodward, USN |
Cryptanalyst,
Communications Intelligence Unit, 14th N. D. (R. 541). |
|
14.
Colonel Alva B. Laswell, USMC |
Translator,
Communications Intelligence Unit, 14th N. D. (R.541). |
|
15.
Captain William W. Outerbridge, USN |
Commanding
Officer, USS WARD. (R. 87). |
|
16.
Lieutenant Commander Monroe H. Hubbell, USNR |
Commanding
Officer, USS CONDOR. (R. 428). |
|
17.
Richard W. Humphrey, RM3c, USNR |
Bishop's
Point Radio Station. |
|
18.
Lieutenant Oliver H. Underkofler, USNR. Communications Office, 14th N. D.
(R.465). |
|
|
19.
Lieutenant Donald Woodrum, USNR |
District
Intelligence Office, 14th N. D. (R. 376). |
|
20.
Commander Harold S. Burr, USNR |
Com
14 Liaison Officer at General Short's Headquarters. (R. 376). |
|
21.
Brigadier General Carroll A. Powell, USA |
Signal
Officer, Hawaiian Department. (R.387). |
B.
AT THE PHILIPPINES IN 1941
|
22. Captain Redfield Mason, USN |
Fleet Intelligence Officer, Asiatic Fleet. (R.68). |
|
23. Commander Rudolph J. Fabian, USN |
Officer in Charge, Radio Intelligence Unit, Corregidor.
(R. 68). |
C.
AT WASHINGTON, D. C. IN 1941
|
24. Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson, USN |
Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence. (R.389). |
|
25. Captain Arthur H. McCollum, USN |
In charge of Far Eastern Section, Foreign Branch ONI. (R.
10). |
|
26. Captain Laurence F. Safford, USN |
Communications Security Section. (R. 97; R. 529). |
|
27. Captain Alwin D. Kramer, USN |
ONI and Communications Security Section. (R.128). |
|
28. Mrs. Dorothy Edgers |
Research Analyst, ONI. (R. 511) |
|
29. Lieutenant Commander Francis M. Brotherhood, USNR |
Communications Security Section. (R. 143). |
|
30. Lieutenant Frederick L. Freeman, USN |
Communications Security Section. (R. 149). |
|
31. Lieutenant Commander Allan A. Murray, USNR |
Communications Security Section. (R. 433). |
|
32. Lieutenant Commander George W. Linn, USNR |
Communications Security Section. (R. 140). |
|
33. Lieutenant Commander Alfred V. Pering, USNR Communications Security Section. (R. 148). |
|
C.
OTHER WITNESSES
|
34. Captain William R. Smedberg, III, USN |
Now Assistant Combat Intelligence Officer, Staff, Cominch.
(R. 4). |
|
35. Lieutenant Commander Leo Reierstad, USNR |
Now in charge of a translating unit in Op‑16‑FE.
(R. 158). |
|
36. Lieutenant (jg) Joseph M. Conant, USNR |
Translation sub‑section head in Op‑16‑FE.
(R.158). |
|
37. Commander Walter Karig, USNR & |
Authors of "Battle Report." (R. 80). |
|
39. Lieutenant Commander Gilbert E. Boone, USNR |
Head of Op‑20‑GL. (R. 554; R. 607). |