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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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.

 

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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 &
38. Lieutenant Welbourn Kelley USNR

Authors of "Battle Report." (R. 80).

39. Lieutenant Commander Gilbert E. Boone, USNR

Head of Op‑20‑GL. (R. 554; R. 607).