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16 hours ago · Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese aviator who had led the attack on Pearl Harbor, was on Akagi when it was hit, and described the attack: A look-out screamed: "Hell-Divers!" I looked up to see three black enemy planes plummeting towards our ship.
4 days ago · On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack lasted just over two hours. It resulted in the...
16 hours ago · In 1959, Mitsuo Fuchida, the pilot who led the first wave in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, met with General Paul Tibbets, who piloted the Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and told him that: You did the right thing. You know the Japanese attitude at that time, how fanatic they were, they'd die for the ...
3 days ago · The first operation, to which all six regular aircraft carriers, two battleships, three cruisers, and 11 destroyers were allocated, was to be a surprise attack, scheduled for December 7 (December 8 by Japanese time), on the main U.S. Pacific Fleet in its base at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands.
2 days ago · In this powerful and insightful video, we explore the events of August 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...
5 days ago · FILE – This April 1938 file photo shows the USS Oklahoma. The ship sank during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this week to remember those killed in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. Those attending will observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the bombing began.
5 days ago · On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, decimating the US Pacific Fleet and drawing the United States into World War II. The attack shocked the American public and galvanized support for war against Japan.
