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In February 1954, Reader's Digest published Fuchida's story of the attack on Pearl Harbor. [21] Fuchida also wrote and co-wrote books, including From Pearl Harbor to Golgotha, a.k.a. From Pearl Harbor to Calvary, and a 1955 expansion of his 1951 book Midway, a.k.a. Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story. [22]
The initial announcement of the attack on Pearl Harbor was made by the White House Press Secretary, Stephen Early, at 2:22 p.m. Eastern time (8:52 a.m. Hawaiian time): "The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor from the air and all naval and military activities on the island of Oahu, principal American base in the Hawaiian islands."
Walter Campbell Short (March 30, 1880 – September 3, 1949) was a lieutenant general (temporary rank) and major general of the United States Army and the U.S. military commander responsible for the defense of U.S. military installations in Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Seemingly from out of nowhere, the attack began, with Japan’s torpedo planes, dive bombers and bombs dropped from high above the harbor killing 2,390 Americans and injuring another thousand.
The United States commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Wednesday. Americans around the nation will commemorate the day with a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m ...
Carrier Kaga Aichi D3A "Val" dive bomber Japanese planes warming up for attack on Pearl Harbor Kaga (Captain Jisaku Okada [e]) Air Officer (Commander Naohito Sato) VF Leader (Lieutenant Yoshio Shiga) 2nd FCU Wave 1: 9 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Shiga) (two aircraft lost) 2nd FCU Wave 2: 9 × A6M (Lieutenant Yasushi Nikaido) (two aircraft lost)
The ships were destroyed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on September 7, 1941. / Credit: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images It took three years for Navy personnel to recover the crew's ...
Japanese attack plan at Pearl Harbor, Japan, 1941. In January 1941 Yamamoto began developing a plan to attack the American base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which the Japanese continued to refine during the next months. [15]