Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor

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The Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor was a U.S. government investigative body, chaired by Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, that examined the circumstances and responsibility for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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instanceOf United States government investigative commission
presidential commission
appliesToJurisdiction United States Armed Forces
United States Army
United States Navy
appointedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration
surface form: U.S. National Archives
authorizedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
chairperson Justice Owen J. Roberts
surface form: Owen J. Roberts
concludedThat Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a carefully planned surprise attack
U.S. Army and Navy commanders in Hawaii were derelict in their duty
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criticized Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
General Walter C. Short
dissolved 1942
January 1942
establishedBy executive order of the President of the United States
followedBy Army Pearl Harbor Board
Navy Court of Inquiry on Pearl Harbor
hasMember Admiral William H. Standley
Brigadier General Joseph T. McNarney
General Frank R. McCoy
Justice Owen J. Roberts
surface form: Owen J. Roberts

Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves
hasObjective assess responsibility of military commanders in Hawaii
determine facts surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor
evaluate adequacy of U.S. defenses at Pearl Harbor
hasPart closed sessions
final report
public hearings
inception 1941
December 1941
legalForm temporary investigative body
location Washington, D.C.
namedAfter Owen Josephus Roberts
surface form: Owen J. Roberts
partOf United States World War II home front investigations
publicationDate January 1942
reportTitle Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Report of the Roberts Commission on the Pearl Harbor Attack
significantEvent issuance of Roberts Commission report
public release of findings on Pearl Harbor
studies Japanese surprise attack of December 7, 1941
attack on Pearl Harbor
preparedness of U.S. forces in Hawaii
responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster
topic military intelligence before Pearl Harbor
readiness of Pacific Fleet
warning messages sent to Hawaiian commanders

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Justice Owen J. Roberts notableWork Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor
subject surface form: Owen J. Roberts
Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor reportTitle Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Report of the Roberts Commission on the Pearl Harbor Attack
Roberts Commission hasReportTitle Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor
this entity surface form: Report of the Roberts Commission on the Pearl Harbor Attack
Roberts Commission alsoKnownAs Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor
this entity surface form: Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Owen Josephus Roberts notableWork Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor
this entity surface form: Roberts Commission on the Attack on Pearl Harbor