A historian of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Professor Gordon Prange, wrote in Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History that, even allowing for Kimmel's desire to exculpate himself, this was correct.
Den førende historiker vedrørende angrebet på Pearl Harbor, professor Gordon Prange, skrev i Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History at selv hvis man tager højde for Kimmels ønske om at hvidvaske sig selv, var dette korrekt.