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The first book, A Boy at War was released on April 3, 2001 and is based on the events of the attack on Pearl Harbor that initiated the United States' involvement in World War II. [1] The books follow Adam Pelko, the son of a navy commander stationed at Pearl Harbor, during the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941. [2]
Born in Seattle, Okada was a student at the University of Washington during the attack on Pearl Harbor.Okada had to interrupt his studies, and he and his family were among thousands of American citizens interned at Minidoka War Relocation Center in 1942 as a result of Executive Order 9066.
One of the sole remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack that launched World War II disobeyed orders and fought back. Now 100 years old, he continues to share his stories. A legacy of valor ...
The first novel, Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th, covers the background up through the attack on the United States Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.. ("December 8th" is the date in Japan, on the west side of the International Date Line; the local time was December 7.)
I haven't, yet, visited the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, but I have wandered across the battlefields of World War II in Europe.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Navy from Houston, Texas on August 15, 1942, at the age of 12. [3] His case was similar to that of Jack W. Hill , who was granted significant media attention due to holding service number one million during World War II, but later was discovered to have lied about his age ...
Dec. 6—Imposing headlines blazed across the top of the Dec. 8, 1941, Albuquerque Journal, reporting the devastating Japanese attack the day before on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor ...
The novel details the adventure of Tomikazu Nakaji, a Japanese American boy, and his family during World War II, when Americans of Japanese descent were being sent to internment camps. Tomi lives in Hawaii , and witnesses the shocking attack on Pearl Harbor .