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https://www.army.mil/article/180285/intelligence_japanese_attack_on_pearl_harbor

In the early morning of Dec. 7, 1941, SIS immediately recognized the importance of the Fourteen Part Message, and after informing the President, the Chief of Staff of the Army alerted the commanders of both the Hawaiian and Philippine departments that the potential for a Japanese attack was high, although the target was still unknown. Given the sensitivity of the message, it had to be sent by telegraph, a process hampered by Sunday office closures. The message reached Honolulu at 7:33 a.m. Hawaii-time and was dispatched by bicycle messenger to Fort Shafter. Half way to his destination, the messenger sought cover in a roadside ditch when the Japanese began its aerial bombardment. He did not reach Fort Shafter until 11:45 a.m. and, by the time the message was decoded and delivered to the Adjutant General’s Office, the time was 2:58 p.m. and the attack was over. Eighteen U.S. ships and 188 aircraft were damaged or lost; human casualties included 2,335 service members and 68 civilians with another 1,178 wounded. Additional losses were suffered during simultaneous attacks on Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, Guam, Hong Kong, Wake and the Philippine Islands.


4 posted on 12/07/2019 9:16:51 AM PST by abb
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To: abb
human casualties included 2,335 service members and 68 civilians with another 1,178 wounded.

Some years back there was a "Bad Americans" type of article out of Seattle. They reported on the unveiling ceremony of a monument dedicated to a young Japanese girl who died in the Hiroshima bombing.

Thank God for the Internet. I looked up the Pearl Harbor civilian casualty list and got the name of a Hawaiian girl around the same age. I wrote the reporter and asked when they were going to puy up a memorial to her as well. The reporter replied that she didn't know there were any civilian casualties in that attack.

I felt like banging my head (and hers) against the wall.

18 posted on 12/07/2019 10:26:45 AM PST by Oatka
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