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Army Pearl Harbor Board
The Army Pearl Harbor Board (APHB) was authorized by
Congress “to Ascertain and Report the Facts Relating to the
Attack Made by Japanese Armed Forces upon the Territory of
Hawaii on 7 December 1941, and to Make such Recommendations
as It May Deem Proper.” 1 Lieutenant General George Grunert
was appointed president of this “Grunert Board.” Two other
Army generals also served—Major General Henry D. Russell
and Major General Walter H. Frank. Colonels Charles W. West
and Harry A. Toulmin had nonvoting positions as recorder and
executive offi cer respectively, and Major Henry C. Clausen was
assistant recorder.
Th e Grunert Board convened in Washington, D.C. on July 20,
1944. Being an Army board, it was primarily interested in Army’s
role, especially that of Army Chief of Staff Marshall and Hawaiian
Commander General Walter Short. Th e Board’s members fi rst
reviewed the reports of earlier investigations and studied materials
supplied by various government agencies and Congressional
1 Public Law 339, 78th Cong., 2nd sess. ( June 13, 1944); see also 79th Cong.,
1st sess. Joint (Congressional) Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl
Harbor Attack. Pearl Harbor Attack, 39 vols. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government
Printing Offi ce, 1946), part 27, p. 12; part 31, p. 3173; part 39, p. 24.