December 7, 1941 is one of the most infamous days in the history of the United .
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 .
for any sign that the U.S had forewarning about the massive catastrophes that Japan.
was about to unleash on them. The United States had no idea though, or was .
choosing not to express it publicly. So the Japanese carrier continued to prepare .
for the attack on Pearl Harbor, America's most important pacific naval base.
and the largest threat to Japan. At 3:42, some passengers on the minesweeper .
Condor noticed the periscope of a submarine, the first clue that something wasn't.
exactly right about that day. At the northern tip of Oahu, the Army's Opana radar .
station was acting up too. Around seven "o clock Private Elliot noticed an .
unscheduled fleet of planes, however authorities dismissed it as some unexpected.
B-17's. The privates manning the radar weren't the only ones who saw these planes;.
