watched Tora Tora Tora last night. Pretty good movie. They make Short out to be a real jerk, and Kimmel kind of a bumbler. Reading “At Dawn We Slept” thats maybe pretty close. It seems Kimmels main failing is a total lack of imagination that the Japanese could actually mount an attack, ditto for Short.
On another topic my wife is getting more than a little concerned about my obsession with December 7, starting to get concerned looks while i post.
I actually went and rented Tora Tora Tora immediately after walking out of the movie Pearl Harbor many years ago (after I demanded my money back). I had to watch it just to cleanse myself. It is my favorite movie on Pearl Harbor.
I don’t know if Short was a jerk, but I know he didn’t want to be in Pearl Harbor. This was meant to be his last duty station (which it was) before his retirement and he had stated that he wanted to finish out his career in Washington. He was an old general on his way out which may have contributed to his lack of vision.