Commander Maurice E. Curts : It’s spent, sir.
[Kimmel stares at the bullet]
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel : [somberly] Would’ve been merciful had it killed me.
sucks to be in charge.
you rarely get recognition for success, but have 1 bad day and their mouths wont stop...
8am in Hawaii is midnight in the Philippines. MacArthur had time to scramble his planes but didn’t. Saturday night-everyone drunk? 10+ hours to do something and the planes were all lined up impossible to miss when attacked. Asleep at the switch. Too much of that in world history.