He was the author of Day of Deceit, regarding alleged U.S. government advance knowledge of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, plunging the United States into World War II.
Stinnett participated in World War II from 1942 to 1946[1] as a naval photographer in the Pacific theater, serving in the same aerial photo group as George H. W.
[4] In 1982 Stinnett read At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by World War II veteran and historian Gordon Prange.
[3] With four seconds left in that year's "Big Game" between the Cal and Stanford football teams, Stinnett stationed himself behind the south end zone at Berkeley's California Memorial Stadium.
Stinnett was in perfect position for a famous photographic shot wherein Moen is on the zenith point of his leap, roaring in triumph, the football held high over his helmet, and about to land on Stanford trombone player Gary Tyrell.