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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Harry Ervin Yarnell

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Independence, Iowa

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

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Activity During WWII

Served as an Admiral. In war games, he proved that Pearl Harbor was vulnerable to a naval aerial attack. His findings were dismissed by his superiors until the Imperial Japanese Navy's Pearl Harbor attack went just as he predicted. In 1942, he worked in the office of the Secretary of the Navy as Special Adviser to the Chinese Military Mission. In 1943, he became Head of a Special Section in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations until December 1944.