FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~ 07 December 2011

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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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[lightman]

This WWII Pacific Veteran's memoirs begin with Pearl Harbor:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1749869/posts

[luvie]

I guess you didn’t like what you heard. :D

[TASMANIANRED]

Heated?

[TASMANIANRED]

4 inches of snow in Texas..Thud

[luvie]

LOL! Especially HERE! It was like....and almost-white Christmas! :)

[TASMANIANRED]

Safe trip.

[TASMANIANRED]

Folks driving like lunatics?

[Lady Jag]

[Liberty Valance]

Thank you for the
Pearl Harbor Day thread.

A visitor looks at the aft steering wheel salvaged from the wreckage of the USS Oklahoma on display at The Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City, Monday December, 5, 2011. The 48 star flag flew on board the U.S.S. Oklahoma. Oklahoman Photo by Steve Gooch

[unkus]

May God bless the United States of America.

[JPX2011]

Thank you for posting this. I always remember my grandfather on this day.

Lt. Abner H. Akemon - USS Nevada

Best Regards

[Liberty Valance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY
We’ll Meet Again - Vera Lynn

[onyx]

I think this might be the first time I’ve seen the detailed list. Thank you, dear Stonewall Jackson.

[unkus]

Very appropriate. Thanks Liberty Valance.

[onyx]

Stunning photograph.

[onyx]

Thank you dear Kathy in Alaska and everyone.

God bless our fallen and our brave troops and God bless you all, everyone.

70 years ago. May God hold each hero dear.

[onyx]

Thank you dear Kathy in Alaska and everyone.

God bless our fallen and our brave troops and God bless you all, everyone.

70 years ago. May God hold each hero dear.

[luvie]

They sure were. Thank goodness the roads were fairly dry. There were still plenty of fender-benders anyway.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Remembering Pearl Harbor.
May God watch over the Fallen.

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Little Devil; Steely eyed Downeaster, Guardian of Our Troops!