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Listening back to KIRO Radio’s Pearl Harbor coverage 80 years later

Dec 7, 2021, 9:17 AM | Updated: 11:07 am

Pearl Harbor...

A photo taken from a Japanese plane during the attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy)

(U.S. Navy)

In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago, radio stepped up as the medium of choice to bring the latest news and other developments into American homes.

KIRO Radio resident historian Feliks Banel joined Seattle’s Morning News host Dave Ross for a conversation about Pearl Harbor history, and a listen back to clips from the BBC and from KIRO Radio from 80 years ago.

More Pearl Harbor and World War II history from Feliks Banel’s MyNorthwest archives:

You can hear Feliks every Wednesday and Friday morning on Seattle’s Morning News, read more from him here, and subscribe to The Resident Historian Podcast here. If you have a story idea, please email Feliks here.

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