The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Most mornings on the island are calm. That morning, instead of waking up to the soothing sound of ocean waves, the terrible roar of Japanese fighter planes was my wake up call. It was December 7, 1941, and our nation's military was suddenly under attack.


For two hours Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor. In just two hours, more than two thousand people were killed. One thousand more were injured. Many of them were my fellow sailors and my friends.


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