Freeper Canteen ~ Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941 ~ 8 December 2025

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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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[left that other site]

Thank You Kathy for this beautiful Remembrance of that infamous morning 84 years ago.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941 ~

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[wjcsux]

Thank you Kathy.

[Leaning Right]

It’s worth noting that Bing had a Pearl Harbor remembrance picture on its homepage today.

Google did not.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[ExTexasRedhead]

This so touching!!

WWII veteran Dennis Boldt visits General George Patton’s grave for the first time, with Helen Patton, granddaughter of General George Patton.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sbQJqlizeeE

[PROCON]

Thanks for the nice remembrance thread.

My Dad, like many others enlisted in the Army after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war by Congress and spent the war fighting the Japanese in the Pacific Theater.

[lightman]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749869/posts

“A Pacific WWII Navy Veteran’s memories”

The account begins with Pearl Harbor.

[Leaning Right]

My dad enlisted in the Navy, and did anti-submarine duty in the Atlantic. He didn’t particularly like the Germans, but he hated the Japanese.

The sneak attack on Pearl Harbor made the difference.

[impactplayer]

Kathy - My wife was there on Pearl Harbor day. Her father was a surgeon on base and was called in early Sunday morning as they were having breakfast. They did not see him for several days - and when they did he brough gas masks and a pistol. No one knew what was going to happen next. She has many stories, and the diary he kept of his time in Hawaii.

Thanks for bringing this back to life.

[left that other site]

Kathy, I think this post was for you.

I was there for the 50th Anniversary in 1991.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening ML...((HUGS))...we must never forget!

You and Tippy ready for a new week?

Having a Christmas/holiday recital?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

You are most welcome, wjcsux...we must never forget Pearl Harbor.

[left that other site]

No recital...Everybody is too busy.

But I did go to a Choral Concert Saturday with excerpts from Messiah.

It was excellent.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Leaning Right....

Google did not.

Are we surprised?

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

A somber remembrance. A horrendous day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evenng, radu...Pearl Harbor Day is a day that must always be remembered. Thanks.

Any warming? Any Rain? We still have COLD!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evenng, Pro...you are welcome.

My Dad as well...ended up in China, CBI.