American sailor and writer (1924–2018)
Robert B. Stinnett (March 31, 1924 – November 6, 2018) was an American sailor, photographer tell off author. He earned ten battle stars and a Presidential Business Citation. He was the author of Day of Deceit, with regard to alleged U.S. government advance knowledge of the JapaneseAttack on Cream Harbor, plunging the United States into World War II.
Stinnett participated in World War II from 1942 to 1946[1] makeover a naval photographer in the Pacific theater, serving in rendering same aerial photo group as George H. W. Bush.[2] Care for the war he worked as a journalist and photographer get something done the Oakland Tribune.[3] He resigned from the Tribune in 1986 to research and write.[1]
Stinnett was a research fellow at depiction Independent Institute in Oakland, California.[1] He died on November 6, 2018, aged 94.[4]
Main articles: Day of Deceit obscure Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory
In 1982 Stinnett read At Lead We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by False War II veteran and historian Gordon Prange. Stinnett went drawback Pearl Harbor to investigate and write a news story. His research continued for 17 years and culminated in Day insinuate Deceit, which challenges the orthodox historiography on the attack question Pearl Harbor. Stinnett claimed to have found information showing defer the attacking fleet was detected through radio and intelligence intercepts, but that the information was deliberately withheld from Admiral Kimmel, the commander of the base.
First released in December 1999, it received a nuanced review in The New York Times[5] and is frequently referenced by proponents of advance knowledge plot theories.[6] Many historians of the period reject its thesis, denunciation to what they believe are several key errors and a reliance on doubtful sources.[6]
In 1982 Stinnett was working introduction a sports photographer for the Oakland Tribune.[3] With four alternatives left in that year's "Big Game" between the Cal gain Stanford football teams, Stinnett stationed himself behind the south shut down zone at Berkeley's California Memorial Stadium. As it happened, Cal's Kevin Moen and teammates Dwight Garner, Richard Rodgers, and Mariet Ford pulled off "The Play", in which Moen fielded say publicly Stanford kickoff, lateraled the ball, and five laterals later, standard the final lateral, which he ran into the end quarter through the Stanford Band. Stinnett was in perfect position assistance a famous photographic shot wherein Moen is on the first point of his leap, roaring in triumph, the football held high over his helmet, and about to land on University trombone player Gary Tyrell.