{"id":46826,"date":"2020-12-07T09:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T13:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=46826"},"modified":"2020-12-07T09:53:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T13:53:47","slug":"from-the-post-archives-a-pirate-radio-pearl-harbor-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/from-the-post-archives-a-pirate-radio-pearl-harbor-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Post Archives: A Pirate Radio Pearl Harbor Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_46827\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1024px-Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46827\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46827\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1024px-Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1024px-Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1024px-Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1024px-Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1024px-Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view-624x442.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island. View looks about east, with the supply depot, submarine base and fuel tank farm in the right center distance. (Source Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, &#8220;a date which will live in infamy&#8221;&#8211;the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by air. Today (December 7, 2020) is the 79th anniversary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This morning, I was once again reminded of an off-air recording I made in 2013 of the pirate radio station, Radio Free Whatever. Please enjoy this bit of history from the Post archive:<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_8344\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/960px-USS_SHAW_exploding_Pearl_Harbor_Nara_80-G-16871_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8344\" class=\"wp-image-8344 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/960px-USS_SHAW_exploding_Pearl_Harbor_Nara_80-G-16871_2.jpg\" alt=\"960px-USS_SHAW_exploding_Pearl_Harbor_Nara_80-G-16871_2\" width=\"960\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/960px-USS_SHAW_exploding_Pearl_Harbor_Nara_80-G-16871_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/960px-USS_SHAW_exploding_Pearl_Harbor_Nara_80-G-16871_2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/960px-USS_SHAW_exploding_Pearl_Harbor_Nara_80-G-16871_2-100x80.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USS Shaw exploding in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For your listening pleasure: one hour, seven minutes of the pirate radio station,\u00a0<em>Radio Free Whatever<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I recorded this broadcast on\u00a0December 15 2013, starting around 2:40 UTC, on 6,925 kHz AM. This broadcast was a tribute to WWII and Pearl Harbor and contains news clips and music from the same time period. I believe my recording begins about five or so minutes into their broadcast.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Radio Free Whatever\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor6.925MH\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor-6.925MH.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simply click here to download an MP3 of the recording<\/a>, or listen via the embedded player below:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-46826-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor6.925MH\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor-6.925MH.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor6.925MH\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor-6.925MH.mp3\">https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor6.925MH\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor-6.925MH.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h1>More Info<\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a WWII history buff like I am, you might also appreciate this live news report audio from the Smithsonian channel:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JBDbrf6Nktk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p>I should add that if you&#8217;re interested in military history and, especially, the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack, I highly recommend the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Tora! Tora! Tora!<\/em><\/strong><\/a> It&#8217;s one of my favorite military history films and is simply timeless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, &#8220;a date which will live in infamy&#8221;&#8211;the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by air. Today (December 7, 2020) is the 79th anniversary. This morning, I was once again reminded of an off-air recording I made in 2013 of the pirate radio station, Radio Free Whatever. Please enjoy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288],"tags":[2426],"class_list":["post-46826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-pearl-harbor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cbg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29509,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/from-the-post-archives-radio-free-whatever-a-pearl-harbor-tribute\/","url_meta":{"origin":46826,"position":0},"title":"From the Post Archives: Radio Free Whatever&#8211;A Pearl Harbor Tribute","author":"Thomas","date":"December 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, \"a date which will live in infamy\"--the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by air. 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