FReeper Canteen ~ Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~ 07 December 2021

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~

On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.) In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets. At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor. Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.

Information from here...LOTS of pictures

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Pearl Harbor Timeline

USS Ward, Report of Pearl Harbor Attack

The Search for the World War II Japanese Midget Submarine
Sunk off Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, dfwgator, for the link to a minute by minute account.

[mylife]

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

It certain WAS a day that will live in infamy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello there, Theophilous Meatyard III...thanks for sharing your story.

Was your Mom in the military? How hard it must have been to believe that the other side of the island was actually under attack.

[luvie]

But we did survive it...and won!

[Fiji Hill]

Warning; if you are a snowflake, this will definitely trigger you!

Remember Pearl Harbor--Carson Robison (1942)

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

The storms blew through early this morning and I slept through them. LOL
Not too crazy here but Tullahoma - a hop-skip-and-jump from us - got hit by a tornado. There were a few other tornado warnings NW of Nashville overnight as well. We were lucky here.

Now it’s just cold.

Wow, a heat wave up there! LOL How long has it been since you were above freezing? Seems like ages. It’s spitting a little snow at the airport tonight and there’s a large area of snow showing on the radar. Depending on how much above freezing it is, you could get a dose. It’s snowed here many times when just above freezing though it usually didn’t stick very long because the ground was too warm. Your ground is frozen. BRRRRRRR
There’s time for the plow guys to show up before Thursday. :-)

[Fiji Hill]

I played "Remember Pearl Harbor" in post #46. Now, it's time to flip it over. If the A side triggers the snowflakes, this side will make them drop their cookies into their striped pants. The very title is triggering, so click on the hyperlink.

[radu]

Yes, we did!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, lightman, for sharing your Dad’s Navy memories...it is important these memories are not forgotten.

[luvie]

WooHoo!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[fella]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening/morning, GSC...very sobering, those tours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, doorgunner69, for sharing your adventures there at Pearl Harbor. Must be a lot of “memories” of what took place there as you look around the area, knowing what happened.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[Kathy in Alaska]

You met your wife in Hawaii...did your sub visit there? And thanks, my, for the tunes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Repeal, for adding some more history.

[luvie]

What is that?

[jmacusa]

My late Uncle Bill was there. He was an Army Air Corp mechanic stationed at Hickham Field with hopes of becoming a pilot.

He was wounded in the attack though, had his knee shot out and that ended hopes of getting pilots wings. He recovered from his wounds and ended up as a combat engineer in the General Patton’s Third Army.

He was wounded again during The Battle of The Bulge but he made it home.