It was August 14th, 1945, I was not quite 2 years old, living
with my Mom and grandparents in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. If anyone
thinks a baby doesn't know what is going on, based on what happened
to me, I've got news for them. They can't communicate very well, a
kid that age doesn't talk much, but they understand what you are
saying, and take it all in.
V-J Day August 14, 1945
to
most people.Japan's
attack on Pearl Harbor was the first step in the “Southern
Operation,” an attempt to invade and conquer
resource-rich Southeast Asia. By crippling American naval
power in the Pacific, Japan hoped to consolidate and
strengthen its hold on its conquests before the United
States could rearm. More
Despite
the warnings that had been issued about possible Japanese
aggression, the attack when it came was a complete surprise to
most people. More
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Theatrical Movie Trailer (1970)
The path to war in December 1941 is retold from the
appointment of Isoroku Yamamoto to command the Imperial Japanese
Navy on through the execution of his most ambitious and
audacious plan, an attack by carrier aircraft on the US Navy
station at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii in the movie called Tora!
Tora! Tora!
On Sunday February 7, 1932
U.S. Navy Admiral Harry E. Yarnell led an attack on Pearl
Harbor to test the defenses. The plan worked so well, the
Japanese simply copied it. More
Click
here to listen to radio broadcasts of the attack on December
7, 1941. More
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Photos,
footage, firsthand accounts, and narration bring the attack on
Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, to life - moment by moment, target
by target. More With
Japanese planes still swarming overhead, a reporter climbed to
the roof of the radio station and broadcasted the first
eyewitness account of the attack. More
to
most people.
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