10.++++Attack+on+Pearl+Harbor

Pearl Harbor Josh Ake Name - Jenny Flanny Date of birth- 10/11/32 Occupation- Stay home wife Date of incident- December 7, 1941 It was all over the radio that day. I remember it as if it was yesterday. December 7, 1941. I was a young girl around nine years old. At the time I didn’t really know what was going on. All I know is that there was chaos everywhere, but now I know. Japan believed that the United States greatest strength in the war was our Navy. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, had given the go ahead to bomb Pearl Harbor with a surprise attack (Whitten). The Japanese were able to bomb Pearl Harbor without being touched for almost an hour and a half straight ( Danzer et. al. 557). I remember many people died but I was not allowed to talk or hear about it with mama and papa in the room. Overall though 2,403 Ameicans were killed and 1,178 were wounded ( Danzer et. al. 557). This astonished my parents and made my mother cry very much. Now I know why, along with all  of these people dying, 21 ships were sunken including eight battleships. Also more then 300 aircrafts were destroyed or damaged beyond repair ( Danzer et. al. 557). Although there were many things that did get damaged there was still little if any hope for the U.S. There were many main targets that were not harmed such as the three U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers, Lexington, Enterprise and Saratoga, which were not in the port (The History Place). The United States and Great Britain then declared war on Japan the next day, Monday, December 8 (The History Place).

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