In many supposedly accurate scale models, the ship wears some shade of grey; yet Honolulu newspapers of the time referred to the American battle fleet as brightly colored, not a description typically applied to something the color of an average whale. This might end the debate, except for the entirely unofficial fact that some years ago, a veteran of the Pearl Harbor attack identified a can of black paint in a Honolulu hardware store as the proper color for the Arizona. Despite the air of virtual certainty that we may encounter in books of history, and that we encounter even more frequently in historical documentaries in the media, eyewitness accounts of history are subject to the same psychological dynamics as eyewitness accounts in the criminal justice system.
Author: Matthew J. Sharps Ph.D.
Published at: 2025-03-31 22:36:42
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