Pearl Harbor
The American reaction from Pearl Harbor ranged from anger to fear. Many Americans were scared and angry at the Japanese for the bombings of Pearl Harbor and sought revenge. The attack was "behind the back" many people said. Americans awoke to an attack on December 7th, 1941. A massive attack by the Japanese was unleashed the Hawaiian Islands at Pearl Harbor. "I was sixteen years old, employed as a pipe fitter apprentice at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. On December 7, 1941, oh, around 8:00 a.m., my grandmother woke me. She informed me that the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor. I said, "they're just practising.' She said, "no it was real and the announcer is requesting that all Pearl Harbor workers report to work. I went out on the porch and I could see the anti-aircraft fire up in the sky. I just said, "Oh boy." (Eyewitness to History) It was 8:00 A.M. when the Thousands of Navy personel were sleeping in their vessels when Japan suddenly and deliberately attacked them. Many died in their sleep. The attack came in two waves. At 6:15 A.M the attack begun, it wasn't until 7:40 A.M. that they had located their target. The first
badly burned men were heading for the quarterdeck, only to fall apparently dead or badly this country will wipe her off the face of the world." (Day After 1) stay in the camps for 4 years until the war was over and a treaty had been signed. In 1942 more more supplies for the men in the war and even stopped wearing nylons so that they could use the Japanese that they started to call them "Japs" and started to make posters of them being a
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