Kitsap Goes To War

Kitsap’s forgotten heroes | Kitsap Goes to War

Kitsap’s forgotten heroes | Kitsap Goes to War

Editor’s note: This story is part of a 12-month series, Kitsap Goes to War, which explores how World War II affected Kitsap County and its… Continue reading

 

Last WWII minesweeper built on Bainbridge Island | Kitsap Weekly

Last WWII minesweeper built on Bainbridge Island | Kitsap Weekly

The USS Hazard is on display in Omaha, Nebraska

 

Newsletter offers a window into 1940s island life | Kitsap Weekly

Newsletter offers a window into 1940s island life | Kitsap Weekly

Along with the contracts to build minesweepers in 1943 came money to publish a professionally written and photographed newsletter. Aptly named “The Minesweeper,” it was… Continue reading

 

Captain Shields’ ‘one-man war’ | Kitsap Goes to War

Captain Shields’ ‘one-man war’ | Kitsap Goes to War

Part of our 12-month series

Captain Shields’ ‘one-man war’ | Kitsap Goes to War
Dec. 4, 2016 | Dispatches from Pearl Harbor

Dec. 4, 2016 | Dispatches from Pearl Harbor

PEARL HARBOR — Kitsap Military Times Special Correspondent Kathy Sole is in Hawaii and throughout the week of Dec. 4-10 will be filing reports live… Continue reading

Dec. 4, 2016 | Dispatches from Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7, 2016 | Dispatches from Pearl Harbor

Dec. 7, 2016 | Dispatches from Pearl Harbor

By KATHY SOLE Special Correspondent PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The morning of Dec. 7, 2016, began with a cloudless sky and a cool breeze from… Continue reading

Dec. 7, 2016 | Dispatches from Pearl Harbor
Remembering that Sunday morning in ’41

Remembering that Sunday morning in ’41

By HARLAN R. KNUDSON North Kitsap High School Class of 1951 I am the youngest of George and Ida Knudson’s four kids. On Dec. 7,… Continue reading

Remembering that Sunday morning in ’41
NUWC Keyport commemorates 75 years since attack on Pearl Harbor

NUWC Keyport commemorates 75 years since attack on Pearl Harbor

KEYPORT — The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division’s annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony begins at 11 a.m. Dec. 7 at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum’s… Continue reading

NUWC Keyport commemorates 75 years since attack on Pearl Harbor
Kitsap Military Times and KitsapDailyNews.com have launched a 12-month series looking back at Kitsap’s role — and how local lives were changed — during World War II. (Page design by Bryon Kempf)

George family made numerous contributions to the war effort | Kitsap Goes to War

By Ted George’s count, the George family has a combined 250 years of service to the U.S. government. It all began in 1915 when the… Continue reading

Kitsap Military Times and KitsapDailyNews.com have launched a 12-month series looking back at Kitsap’s role — and how local lives were changed — during World War II. (Page design by Bryon Kempf)