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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]
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.)
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 time travelers arrive at Pearl Harbor on December 7 and save the life of General Douglas MacArthur (who was actually in the Philippines at the time; the story has him attending a "top-secret meeting" at Pearl Harbor). The Winds of War, a novel by American writer Herman Wouk, was written between 1963 and 1971. The novel finishes in December ...
Donald Stratton (July 14, 1922 – February 15, 2020) was an American veteran and memoirist of World War II who served in the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet. [1] [2] [3] He was in the port gun director of the ship USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, when an armor-piercing bomb set off the ship's forward ammunition magazine.
Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...
The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese POWs of World War II. University of Washington Press. pp. 8– 16. ISBN 978-0-295-80255-8. Sakamaki's experience as a prisoner of war are detailed in the first chapter "Prisoner Number One". Melber, Takuma (December 4, 2021). "The Lone POW of Pearl Harbor". The Wall Street Journal. Tsuneoka, Chieko (December 7 ...