Pearl Harbor

             military of the United States down for about six months and that goal they would surely.
             accomplish (Stinnett 244). The majority of these planes where equipped with torpedoes and.
             others with bombs to disengage the United States Military. What they had planned on.
             accomplishing was to sink all three of the United States aircraft carriers. They also had plans to.
             sink at least four of the nine battleships and take down the very powerful Pacific fleet. A very.
             mysterious thing was that on December 7th the Japanese declared was on the United States.
             which was the same day they attacked (Kimmer 20). .
             Then it all happened, at 7:40 A.M. the Japanese lead the first fleet f 183 planes right at.
             Pearl Harbor (Kimmer 22). The first rocket was launched to get a very delightful signal of.
             "suprise." Then the first wave hit at 7:55 A.M. (Stinnett 244). This tremendous amount of planes.
             were equipped with torpedoes which were released and slammed into some very important ships.
             in the harbor. This come all as a suprise to the people in the harbor many of the people panicked.
             and just though of it as a training drill but they would soon find out it was a very horrifying.
             attack (Goldstein 9). This attack was also happening so quickly that the American had on split.
             seconds to react and only had time to shoot down five of the Kate torpedo planes (Kimmer 25).
             This however was only the beginning and the Japanese had another 49 bombers invade Pearl.
             Harbor (Kimmer 25). The attack of Battleship Row was a very horrible happening because the.
             Japanese hit a ship called the USS Arizona and when this happened red smoke erupted into the.
             airplane sounding sky. What had happened is the Arizona holds powder magazines which had.
             exploded when the ship was hit and caused the sky to turn red. The Arizona was believed to be.
             one of the most important ships in the entire harbor, but now it was vanished, bombed to pieces.
             (n.p. death of the uss Arizona 1).
             The second wave of attacks hit Pearl Harbor at 9:10 A.