Pearl Harbor 1941

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Pearl Harbor 1941

• The date which will live in infamy

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Pearl Harbor Before the attack

• Oahu has many beautiful beaches and palm trees
• Many men went there because of being in the Navy
  
  
• One of the few jobs where men were offered the
  chance at seeing the world, comfortable beds,
  and a decent meal
  

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Pearl Harbor During the attack
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When It Happened

• When Japanese Zeros attacked, the flag raising
  ceremonies were underway and the band was just
  starting the strands of the National Anthem

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Sunday, December 7th, 1941

• Because it was a Sunday, many men were sleeping
  in, or at ease all along the beaches
  
• Chief John Finn was driving the 38 Ford to the
  base when a Japanese Zero flying over his head
  
• He then yelled the damn Japs are attacking
• When Chief Finn stopped near the dock, he noticed
  that the Japs had already attacked, and they
  didnt look like they were stopping anytime soon.
  

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Ships during the attack

• The ships that were at Pearl Harbor during the
  attack
  
• USS Arizona, USS California, USS Maryland, USS
  Nevada, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West
  Virginia
  
• The ships that were dry docked
• USS Pennsylvania, USS Shaw, USS Cassin, USS
  Downes
  
• There were only three ships that were missing
  from the docks
  
• aircraft carriers- Lexington, Enterprise, and
  Saratoga
  

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Who made the order to attack?

• Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
• Admiral Nagumo ordered the attack to continue, at
  610am on the morning of December 7, 1941

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The First Two Waves

• Six aircraft carriers launched off 353 aircrafts
• 40 torpedo bombers
• 135 dive bombers
• 104 horizontal bomber
• 81 strafing planes

• Only two planes didnt make the attack
• 188 American planes would be destroyed
• 8 Battle ships were damaged or destroyed

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Almost Immediately!

• The USS Oklahoma and USS West Virginia took
  deadly hits

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USS Arizona

• The shocking sight when Japan had stopped bombing
  was the USS Arizona burning.
  
• The attack was so sudden, no one had a chance to
  try and defend themselves

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Naval Dispatch

• Air raid on Pearl Harbor. This is not a drill
• Naval Dispatch from headquarters

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Ship locations

• USS Arizona, California, Nevada, Maryland,
  Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, were
  south-west side of Ford Island
  
• USS Pennsylvania, Shaw, Cassin, and Downes were
  dry docked near by

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USS Arizona Soldiers from Michigan

• Joseph Baroga
• Robert Emile Budd
• Donald Clash
• Francis Anton Cychosz
• Stanley Camecki
• Theopil Czekajski
• Henry Clarance Echternkamp
• Edward Joseph Hanzel
• James William Harns
• Frank Hendricksen
• Henry David Hopkins
• Homer David Hopkins
• Edwin Charles Jastrzemski
• Albert John Judd
• Edward Klann

• William Richard LaFrancea
• Henry Landman
• Clarence William Lipkie
• John Stanley Malinwski
• Benjamin Raymond Marsh Jr.
• Edward Charles Morse
• Francis Raymond McGuire
• Robert Harold Noonan
• Eugene Edward Riddle
• Harold Ely Shiffman
• Benjamin Franklin Shively
• Robert Lawrence Spreeman
• Cecil Eugene Whitcomb
• Laddie James Willette

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Men who received the Medal of Honor

• Mervyn Bennion
• John Finn
• Francis Flaherty
• Samuel Fuque
• Edwin Hill
• Isaac Kidd
• Thomas Reeves
• Cassin Young

• James Ward
• Van Vakenburg
• Peter Tomich
• Robert Scott
• Donald Ross
• Jackson Pharris
• Berbert Jones