[fso301]

My Uncle was an anti-aircraft gunner, stationed at Schofield Barracks. In late November they received orders from San Francisco to store all ammunition underground

Which would correspond to U.S. forces going off high alert due to a belief that an attack would not occur while Japanese diplomatic efforts were underway in Washington DC.

[al44]

I always thought that the military establishment had their eyes on the Phillipines as the target. The fact that our planes were destroyed on the ground at Clark field a day later always struck me as criminal.

[BatGuano]

That would be placing more trust in the Japanese than any reasonable person would at that time.