After Pearl Harbor
Admiral Kimmel's son, Manning, died when the submarine he commanded (USS Robalo) was mined near Palawan in July 1944. Kimmel himself worked for Frederic R. Harris, Inc. after the war. He died at Groton, Connecticut, on May 14, 1968.
In 1994, Kimmel′s family, including his grandson, South Carolina broadcaster Manning Kimmel IV, attempted to have Kimmel′s four star rank re-instated. President Bill Clinton turned down the request, as had Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. A 1995 Pentagon study concluded there were other high-ranking officers responsible for the failure at Pearl Harbor, but did not exonerate him. On May 25, 1999, the United States Senate, by a vote of 52–47, passed a nonbinding resolution exonerating Kimmel and Short, and asking President Clinton to promote Kimmel and others to full admiral. Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC), one of the sponsors of the resolution, called Kimmel and Short "the two final victims of Pearl Harbor." However, neither Presidents Clinton nor Bush undertook to do so.
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