BIGDAN Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 |
12-7-2008 07:45 AM |
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pearl.htm
Pearl Harbor December 7 1941
Sequence of Events
Saturday, December 6 - Washington D.C. - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt makes a final appeal to the Emperor of Japan for peace. There is no reply. Late this same day, the U.S. code-breaking service begins intercepting a 14-part Japanese message and deciphers the first 13 parts, passing them on to the President and Secretary of State. The Americans believe a Japanese attack is imminent, most likely somewhere in Southeast Asia.
Sunday, December 7 - Washington D.C. - The last part of the Japanese message, stating that diplomatic relations with the U.S. are to be broken off, reaches Washington in the morning and is decoded at approximately 9 a.m. About an hour later, another Japanese message is intercepted. It instructs the Japanese embassy to deliver the main message to the Americans at 1 p.m. The Americans realize this time corresponds with early morning time in Pearl Harbor, which is several hours behind. The U.S. War Department then sends out an alert but uses a commercial telegraph because radio contact with Hawaii is temporarily broken. Delays prevent the alert from arriving at headquarters in Oahu until noontime (Hawaii time) four hours after the attack has already begun.
Sunday, December 7 - Islands of Hawaii, near Oahu - The Japanese attack force under the command of Admiral Nagumo, consisting of six carriers with 423 planes, is about to attack. At 6 a.m., the first attack wave of 183 Japanese planes takes off from the carriers located 230 miles north of Oahu and heads for the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor - At 7:02 a.m., two Army operators at Oahu's northern shore radar station detect the Japanese air attack approaching and contact a junior officer who disregards their reports, thinking they are American B-17 planes which are expected in from the U.S. west coast.
Near Oahu - At 7:15 a.m., a second attack wave of 167 planes takes off from the Japanese carriers and heads for Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor is not on a state on high alert. Senior commanders have concluded, based on available intelligence, there is no reason to believe an attack is imminent. Aircraft are therefore left parked wingtip to wingtip on airfields, anti-aircraft guns are unmanned with many ammunition boxes kept locked in accordance with peacetime regulations. There are also no torpedo nets protecting the fleet anchorage. And since it is Sunday morning, many officers and crewmen are leisurely ashore.
At 7:53 a.m., the first Japanese assault wave, with 51 'Val' dive bombers, 40 'Kate' torpedo bombers, 50 high level bombers and 43 'Zero' fighters, commences the attack with flight commander, Mitsuo Fuchida, sounding the battle cry: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!).
The Americans are taken completely by surprise. The first attack wave targets airfields and battleships. The second wave targets other ships and shipyard facilities. The air raid lasts until 9:45 a.m. Eight battleships are damaged, with five sunk. Three light cruisers, three destroyers and three smaller vessels are lost along with 188 aircraft. The Japanese lose 27 planes and five midget submarines which attempted to penetrate the inner harbor and launch torpedoes.
Escaping damage from the attack are the prime targets, the three U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers, Lexington, Enterprise and Saratoga, which were not in the port. Also escaping damage are the base fuel tanks.
The casualty list includes 2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians killed, with 1,178 wounded. Included are 1,104 men aboard the Battleship USS Arizona killed after a 1,760-pound air bomb penetrated into the forward magazine causing catastrophic explosions.
In Washington, various delays prevent the Japanese diplomats from presenting their war message to Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, until 2:30 p.m. (Washington time) just as the first reports of the air raid at Pearl Harbor are being read by Hull.
News of the "sneak attack" is broadcast to the American public via radio bulletins, with many popular Sunday afternoon entertainment programs being interrupted. The news sends a shockwave across the nation and results in a tremendous influx of young volunteers into the U.S. armed forces. The attack also unites the nation behind the President and effectively ends isolationist sentiment in the country.
Monday, December 8 - The United States and Britain declare war on Japan with President Roosevelt calling December 7, "a date which will live in infamy..."
Thursday, December 11 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. The European and Southeast Asian wars have now become a global conflict with the Axis powers; Japan, Germany and Italy, united against America, Britain, France, and their Allies.
Wednesday, December 17 - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz becomes the new commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Both senior commanders at Pearl Harbor; Navy Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, and Army Lt. General Walter C. Short, were relieved of their duties following the attack. Subsequent investigations will fault the men for failing to adopt adequate defense measures.
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Tad Rick E The Pearl Harbor Attack December 7 1941 |
12-7-2008 07:55 AM |
The Pearl Harbor Attack took place on December 7 1941
And on December 7, 1999 Peter Worked As A Comic On The Chris Rock Show
58 years later but just thought I'd bring it to everybody's attention.
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The Rover A Day that will live in Infamy ! ! |
12-7-2008 08:12 AM |
A Day that will live in Infamy ! !
New Pictures from that Tragic Day in American History--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grIv5961-_Q
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HOOK NOW ON THE 2008 NEWS PAGE |
12-7-2008 08:40 AM |
12/7/2008 ~~~ Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
December 7, 1941
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm
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ABOVE IS NOW ON THE 2008 NEWS PAGE
RIP
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caroselambra i love the way english people |
12-7-2008 09:20 AM |
i love the way english people (of which i am one) say they won WWII
that's fantasy of the highest order, or in layman's terms complete and utter rubbish!!!!!
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bigstick The first major casualty |
12-7-2008 11:52 AM |
| The first major casualty in America's greed for oil. |
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caroselambra i for one am happy to let the USA |
12-7-2008 12:34 PM |
i for one am happy to let the USA be the world's police
1) what's the alternative?
2) they're on our side
3) i like holidaying in new york
ho - hum
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yep A nice can of whoopass! |
12-7-2008 1:06 PM |
A nice can of whoop-ass!
Tanks,~caroselamba~ needed the smile!
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Swede Read With the Old Breed |
12-7-2008 3:21 PM |
| Read With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, which is written by E.B. Sledge, one of the surviving marines that fought in the Pacific. Horrifying story. Awesome book. |
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wanna be Peleliu was a hell hole |
12-7-2008 5:14 PM |
| Peleliu was a hell-hole, as was Okinawa. I'll have to look that book up sometime. |
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Philosophical This day belongs to those who died on December 7 1941 |
12-7-2008 8:03 PM |
December 7 1941 is one of those dates embedded in the conscious of Americans
and people thru out the world.
I could start the list but this day belongs to those who died on that day.
As President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated:
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt: Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States was at peace with that nation, and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our secretary of state a formal reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.
It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.
Yesterday the Japanese government also launched as attack against Malaya.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.
Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Wake Island.
And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.
Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.
As commander in chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us. . .
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5166/
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Einstein December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor |
12-7-2009 07:06 AM |
December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor
A Day That Will Live In Infamy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The First 911 |
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tmaurer145 RIP |
12-7-2009 10:41 AM |
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Captain Zorikh A terrible day for the USA but oddly |
12-7-2009 12:14 PM |
A terrible day for the USA but oddly
58 year later Peter Works As A Comic On The Chris Rock Show
December 7, 1999
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Cleve Air Raid on Pearl Harbor |
12-7-2009 3:33 PM |
Air Raid on Pearl Harbor
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec07.html
Air Raid on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory killing more than 2,300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized. The attack sank three other ships and damaged many additional vessels. More than 180 aircraft were destroyed.
A hurried dispatch from the ranking United States naval officer in Pearl Harbor, Commander in Chief Pacific, to all major navy commands and fleet units provided the first official word of the attack at the ill-prepared Pearl Harbor base. It said simply: AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL.
"Pearl Harbor Widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance"
Corpus Christi, Texas, Howard R. Hollem, photographer, August 1942.
FSA/OWI Color Photographs, 1938-1944
Naval Dispatch from the Commander in Chief Pacific (CINCPAC) announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Words and Deeds in American History
This dispatch is one of five thousand items in The Papers of Adm. John J. Ballentine (1896-1970). The collection was deposited in the Manuscript Division by the Naval Historical Foundation.
The following day President Franklin Roosevelt, addressing a joint session of Congress, called December 7 "a date which will live in infamy." Declaring war against Japan, Congress ushered the United States into World War II and forced a nation, already close to war, to abandon isolationism. Within days, Japan's allies, Germany and Italy, declared war on the United States, and the country began a rapid transition to a war-time economy in building up armaments in support of military campaigns in the Pacific, North Africa, and Europe.
Also on the day following Pearl Harbor Alan Lomax, head of the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song, sent a telegram to colleagues around the U.S. asking them to collect people's immediate reactions to the bombing. Over the next few days prominent folklorists such as John Lomax, John Henry Faulk, Charles Todd, Robert Sonkin, and Lewis Jones responded by recording "man on the street" interviews in New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. They interviewed salesmen, electricians, janitors, oilmen, cabdrivers, housewives, students, soldiers, physicians, and others regarding the events of December 7. Among the interviewees was a California woman then visiting her family in Dallas, Texas.
"My first thought was, what a great pity that another nation should be added to those aggressors who choose to limit our freedom…I find myself at the age of eighty, an old woman, hanging on to the tail of the world, trying to keep up. I do not want the driver's seat but the eternal verities. There are certain things that I wish to express: one thing that I am very sure of is that hatred is death, but love is light. I want to contribute to the civilization of the world but…When I look at the holocaust that is going on in the world today, I'm almost ready to let |
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Philosophical All Americans Salute You |
12-7-2009 10:10 PM |
All Americans Salute You
To those who gave there lives on that fateful day...
All Americans Salute You |
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Einstein 69 years ago today ! |
12-7-2010 11:26 AM |
69 years ago today that this act of war on the USA
opened the doors for the start of World War ll. |
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RISK a day that will live in infamy |
12-7-2010 7:51 PM |
| a day that will live in infamy |
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Hedge 70 years ago today |
12-7-2011 03:45 AM |
December 7, 1941
70 years ago today
A day that will live in infamy
President Roosevelt
December 7, 2011 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm
http://www.peteraustinnoto.com/2011_news.html |
Philosophical 71 Years Ago Today |
12-7-2012 04:22 AM |
71 Years Ago Today
A Day That Will Live In Infamy
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5166/
President Franklin D. Roosevelt: Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States was at peace with that nation, and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our secretary of state a formal reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.
It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.
Yesterday the Japanese government also launched as attack against Malaya.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.
Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Wake Island.
And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.
Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.
As commander in chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us. . .
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