On DECEMBER 7, 1941, America was attacked.
Upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, descended 350 Japanese aircraft, which sank 5 American battleships and 3 destroyers.
400 U.S. aircraft were destroyed.
Over 4000 were killed or wounded.
Investigations afterwards revealed that warnings may have been disregarded.
Four-Star Admiral H.E. Kimmel stated in a 1958 radio interview hosted by Notre Dame Law School Dean Clarence Manion:
"General Short and I were not given the information available in Washington and were not informed of the impending attack because it was feared that action in Hawaii might deter the Japanese from making the attack.
Our president had repeatedly assured the American people that the United States would not enter the war unless we were attacked. The Japanese attack on the fleet would put the United States in the war with the full support of the American public."
[American Minute with Bill Federer
Pearl Harbor Attacked - "DECEMBER 7, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy!"]
Upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, descended 350 Japanese aircraft, which sank 5 American battleships and 3 destroyers.
400 U.S. aircraft were destroyed.
Over 4000 were killed or wounded.
Investigations afterwards revealed that warnings may have been disregarded.
Four-Star Admiral H.E. Kimmel stated in a 1958 radio interview hosted by Notre Dame Law School Dean Clarence Manion:
"General Short and I were not given the information available in Washington and were not informed of the impending attack because it was feared that action in Hawaii might deter the Japanese from making the attack.
Our president had repeatedly assured the American people that the United States would not enter the war unless we were attacked. The Japanese attack on the fleet would put the United States in the war with the full support of the American public."
[American Minute with Bill Federer
Pearl Harbor Attacked - "DECEMBER 7, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy!"]