States, when Japan brutally and mercilessly attacked Pearl Harbor. It also happens to be

one of those events where no matter how much time passes, it still remains so significant

and ramifying that we are led to question our knowledge, and whether or not it was the

cause of the entrance of the U.S to the impending and inevitable second world war.

Numerous books have been written on the subject, each author blending fact and opinions

to create what they feel is a “historically correct piece of evidence”, but none ever written

are as renowned and thorough as Walter Lord’s Day of Infamy. Even sixty years after

the attacks on Pearl Harbor, his compilation of first hand accounts dealing with that tragic

day shed some light on the denial these attacks have brought forth.

At 2:00 AM in the morning of December 7, 1941, most of the naval men were

either in bed or preparing for early morning shifts, while listening to the radio.

At 2:00 AM only a mere 300 miles away, the Japanese Commander Kanjiro Ono

on the aircraft carrier Akagi was listening to the radio as well. He was listening

without biased opinions. Walter Lord wrote the book without the intention of

bombs so it was difficult to get help out to them. When men were brought in, there

a thought provoking manner, encouraging the reader to go and further the search

us change our opinions on events. It’s hard to find a book that provides information

accounts and facts. The book itself was amazing in the fact that it was incredibly

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