Editor’s note: I visited Pearl Harbor in 2019. At the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, I learned of Cornelia Fort (1919-1943), the first woman pilot to die in service to the country. She was in the air over Honolulu as a civilian pilot instructor on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941 when the Pearl Harbor attack…
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
To the right is the USS Arizona Memorial. To the left is the USS Missouri (the Mighty Mo), on which Japan surrendered on Sept. 2, 1945, to mark the end of World War II. (Photo: RET)