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A minute-by-minute account of the morning that changed America foreverWhen dawn broke over Hawaii on December 7, 1941, no one suspected that America was only minutes from war. By nightfall, the naval base at Pearl Harbor was a smoldering ruin, and over 2,000 Americans lay dead. December 7, 1941 gives a captivating and immersive real-time account of that fateful morning.In or out of uniform, every witness responded differently when the first Japanese bombs began to fall. A chaplain fled his post and spent a week in hiding, while mess hall workers seized a machine gun and began returning fire. S… (mais)
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
We dedicate this book to the members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, whose motto "Remember Pearl Harbor!" is as appropriate today as it ever was.
This dedication is in the last chapter of the preface.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Saturday December 6, 1941, was just another welcome break in routine for workers and schoolchildren in the Washington, D.C. area, a reminder to housewives that Christmas was only seventeen shopping days away.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Lieutenant Reeves, one of the officers Allen had lectured the previous day on responsibility, saw from a window an aircraft that seemed to be sprinkling toothpicks on the roof of Hangar No. 9. In fact, a Japanese bomber had just sent the roof up in splinters. As Reeves wondered, "How can this be?" a plane sped by his window, its wingtip almost touching the ground. It appeared to be targeting the door of the Officers' Club. "My God!" thought Reeves admiringly, "the guy is awful good to be able to do that. He must be an expert. I couldn't do it. I don't know anyone who could do it." His astonishment at the pilot's skill overrode the obvious fact that the man was attacking Hickam Field. "Who can this terrific pilot be?" Reeves asked himself. Turning to some of his companions, he said, "He must be German." Then he did a mental doubletake: "What in hell is a German doing with red disks on his plane? He should have swastikas." Japan was too far away for the plane to be Japanese. At this reflection, the uncomfortable idea crossed his mind, "Germany is still farther." The incredible truth finally dawning on Reeves and his friends, they jumped into khakis, took their sidearms, hastened outside, and began to shoot at the planes. Reeves had no hope of success: "If we have to win the war with this damn thing, we'll never make it," he said in disgust.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Thus did the United States-united as never before-embark on the long, bloody war that would eventually end with Japan's leaders signing the Articles of Surrender aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
A minute-by-minute account of the morning that changed America foreverWhen dawn broke over Hawaii on December 7, 1941, no one suspected that America was only minutes from war. By nightfall, the naval base at Pearl Harbor was a smoldering ruin, and over 2,000 Americans lay dead. December 7, 1941 gives a captivating and immersive real-time account of that fateful morning.In or out of uniform, every witness responded differently when the first Japanese bombs began to fall. A chaplain fled his post and spent a week in hiding, while mess hall workers seized a machine gun and began returning fire. S
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