Naval Board of Inquiry

And when they stuck that dereliction of duty on them, it just ruined them, absolutely ruined them.

Well, all of that was later discredited by the Pearl Harbor Board, the Army Pearl Harbor Board, and the Naval Board of Inquiry back in 1944.

There were ten investigations prior to that, including that, and most of those were modern-day star chamber proceedings.

They weren't allowed to cross-examine witnesses.

Some hearings, they weren't even allowed to attend to hear what everybody was saying about them.

Finally, the Naval Board of Inquiry was held in 1944, and guess what? That was the best of the best in the military, and they found that there was no basis for the, the allegation of derelict-- for, for them being derelict in their duty So the report was issued, and keep in mind, we're fighting a war, and what happened to that report? It was very conveniently slid underneath somebody's blotter on their desk, and it never saw the light of day.

And so the scapegoating continued, and it continued, and it continued.

Part of this I understand, because we had a war that we were fighting against the Japanese and the Germans, and we needed to win that war.

Absolutely ruined them.

Well, all of that was later discredited by the Pearl Harbor Board, the Army Pearl Harbor Board, and the Naval Board of Inquiry back in 1944.

There were 10 investigations prior to that, including that, and most of those were modern-day star chamber proceedings.

They weren't allowed to cross-examine witnesses.

Some hearings, they weren't even allowed to attend to hear what everybody was saying about them.

Finally, the Naval Board of Inquiry was held in 1944, and guess what? That was the best of the best in the military, and they found that there was no basis for the, the allegation of derelict- for, for them being derelict in their duty.

So the report was issued, and keep in mind, we're fighting a war, and what happened to that report? It was very conveniently slid underneath somebody's blotter on their desk, and it never saw the light of day.

And so the scapegoating continued, and it continued, and it continued.

Absolutely ruined them.

Well, all of that was later discredited by the Pearl Harbor board, the Army Pearl Harbor board, and the Naval Board of Inquiry back in 1944.

There were 10 investigations prior to that, including that, and most of those were modern-day star chamber proceedings.

They weren't allowed to cross-examine witnesses.

Some hearings they weren't even allowed to attend to hear what everybody was saying about them.

Finally, the Naval Board of Inquiry was held in 1944, and guess what? That was the best of the best in the military, and they found that there was no basis for the, the allegation of derelict- for, for them being derelict in their duty.

So the report was issued, and keep in mind we're fighting a war, and what happened to that report? It was very conveniently slid underneath somebody's blotter on their desk, and it never saw the light of day.

And so the scapegoating continued, and it continued, and it continued.

Some hearings they weren't even allowed to attend to hear what everybody was saying about them.

Finally, the Naval Board of Inquiry was held in 1944.

And guess what? That was the best of the best in the military.

And they found that there was no basis for the allegation of derelict, for them being derelict in their duty.