Posted on 12/07/2020 3:35:30 AM PST by Bull Snipe
1941 In one of the defining moments in U.S. history, the Japanese attack the U.S. Pacific Fleet and nearby military airfields and installations at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and remove the U.S. Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empires southward expansion. The U.S. is brought into the World War II as a full combatant
At the link are several stories of the actions of brave men in dire circumstances trying to save their ships and their shipmates during the attack.
My Dad served in Hawaii for about a year during the war before landings in New Guinea and the Philippines.
He always blamed FDR for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I don’t, I think Washington warned Pacific commanders an attack was coming, but none, including MacArthur, were prepared for what happened.
Not FDR’s fault.
Imagine turning on your radio that day.
probably the same shock value as watching Challenger explode or the World Trade Center collapse. That would be my guess as to the impact of first hearing about the attack.
Agree. The military leaders believed that the Japanese would most probably attack us in the Philippines or some of the other far western American islands. The though of attacking Pearl Harbor was a remote possibility.
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