The commission found the commanders of Pearl Harbor, Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter Short, guilty of "dereliction of duty."
They were not responsible for the state of readiness prescribed.” [1] The Commission presented its findings to Congress January 28, 1942.
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.
Along with the US Military program known as Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA), the commission worked to rescue and preserve items of cultural significance.