“December 7, 1941…a date that will live in infamy”.-Franklin D. Roosevelt
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2y
It was one of (if not) the first ship struck by torpedoes. I'm told both made their way topside, slid down the hull and swam to shore. The Japanese were told not to waste ammo as she had been converted to a training platform. She was struck by two torpedoes and lies at the bottom on the opposite end of Ford Island.
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2y
About it. Glad he made it home and knocked up grams!!!
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2y
He arrived in Hawaii the day before, Dec 6th. He was assigned to an anti-aircraft gunnery crew. None of them had been trained yet. By the time they located their gun, removed the tarp & read the manual, the Japanese were gone. They never fired a shot. When the alarms first sounded he was asleep in his bunk, he thought it was a drill & was slow to react. Until the explosions started, then he knew he wasn’t in Kansas anymore.
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I've got a newspaper from December 8, 1941...
With a picture of a battleship on the front and the headline reads "The US Navy is Ready!"
So at least one town (I think it was Trenton) didn't get the news before it was time to go to print. Ooops.
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December 8th, I think we've f'ed up, signed the Empire of Japan...
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2y
... Yamamoto knew the attack had already gone sideways when he found out the attack had preceded the war notice to the US government.
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Yea, and by some intervention- our carriers were out to sea...
not necessarily understanding the importance carriers would be in the WWII Pacific theater, at the moment.
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2y
As well as across Oahu. Very sobering working in a building with bullets from Japanese planes still embedded in the walls and seeing the Arizona on the way to work. As many times as I've seen them all, it's always moving.
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2y
1942 in Hawaii from the oil soaked water deep in the ships
** Edited by HokieDan95 at 12/7/2023, 1:44:20 PM
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2y
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Such is the passage of time.
It also helps that Japan hasn't tried to you know, upend the world anymore since.
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