Roberts Commissions

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The Roberts Commission is one of two presidentially-appointed commissions. One related to the circumstances of the Japanese attack on

Owen Josephus Roberts
.

First Roberts Commission

The first Roberts Commission was a presidentially-appointed commission formed in December 1941, shortly after the

Hawaiian Air Force commander Major General Frederick L. Martin who had also been relieved of command immediately following the attack and his Navy counterpart Patrick N. L. Bellinger (who had not been relieved) with the simple statement “subordinate commanders executed their superiors’ orders without question. They were not responsible for the state of readiness prescribed.” [1] The Commission presented its findings to Congress January 28, 1942. Members of the commission besides Justice Roberts were Adm. William H. Standley, Adm. Joseph M. Reeves, Gen. Frank R. McCoy, and Gen. Joseph T. McNarney. The commission was a fact-finding commission, not a court-martial
for either Short or Kimmel.

Some claimed that the report also concluded that both Japanese diplomats and persons of Japanese ancestry had engaged in widespread espionage leading up to the attack, and used this to justify

Culbert L. Olson, nevertheless used it to vilify Japanese Americans and inflame public opinion against them.[4]

Second Roberts Commission

Main article:
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives

The second Roberts Commission, also presidential-appointed is also known after its chairman, again Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts. It was created to help the US Army protect works of cultural value in Allied-occupied areas of Europe. Its formal name was the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas. The commission also developed inventories of

Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives
(MFAA), the commission worked to rescue and preserve items of cultural significance. The commission took place from 1943 to 1946.

References

  1. ^ “Admiral Kimmel, General Short Held Derelict in Duties,” The Miami Daily News, 25 January, 1942.
  2. ^ Conn, Stetson; Engelman, Rose C.; Fairchild, Byron (2000) [1964]. Guarding the United States and its Outposts. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army. pp. 120–122. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  3. ^ Niiya, Brian. "[1]," Densho Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ Niiya, Brian. "[2]," Densho Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

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