Post-WWII - 1946, General Short Testifies At Pearl Harbor Inquiry
(Army Commander in Hawaii at time of attack) re scapegoating by War Dept
SOF: “I do not feel that I was treated fairly or with justice by the War Department. I was singled out as an example, as a scapegoat in the disaster. I am sure that an honest confession by the War Department general staff of their failure to anticipate the surprise raid would have been understood by the public in the long run, and even at the time. Instead they passed the buck and I have kept my silence until the opportunity of this public forum was presented to me.”
Post-WW2 Investigation; 1946 Congressional Hearing; 1940s;
Post-WWII - 1946, General Short Testifies At Pearl Harbor Inquiry (Army Commander in Hawaii at time of attack) re scapegoating by War Dept SOF: “I do not feel that I was treated fairly or with justice by the War Department. I was singled out as an example, as a scapegoat in the disaster. I am sure that an honest confession by the War Department general staff of their failure to anticipate the surprise raid would have been understood by the public in the long run, and even at the time. Instead they passed the buck and I have kept my silence until the opportunity of this public forum was presented to me.” Post-WW2 Investigation; 1946 Congressional Hearing; 1940s;