Julio DeCastro, a civilian shipyard worker, risked his own life to save the men trapped aboard the USS Oklahoma. She and her staff treated more than 300 wounded that day. Seeing the attack unfold, she led her staff of nurses through a hail of bullets and bombs to reach the Solace, the only ship with facilities to care for the wounded. There rushed Grace Lally, the chief nurse of the hospital ship Solace.
He manned a machine gun and shot down a Japanese bomber, even though he had never been trained to do so. There stood Navy Steward Doris Miller, the first black sailor to be awarded the Navy Cross. Pearl Harbor exemplifies the very best of the American fighting spirit and how our nation responds to tragedy. One hundred eighty-eight aircraft were destroyed and 159 damaged, many as they sat on the ground.Īmid the tragedy were countless acts of valor and self-sacrifice - men and women who fought back amid the flames or risked their lives to save others. The fleet was devastated: 17 ships sunk or damaged, including all eight battleships in port. The butcher’s bill was ghastly: 2,403 Americans lay dead or dying, with an additional 1,178 wounded.
Less than two hours later, the attack was over. Of the 1,512 crewmembers on board, only 334 survived. Within seconds, a catastrophic explosion tore the mighty warship in half and ignited a fire that would burn for two days. At 8:06 a.m., a Japanese bomber dropped an armor-piercing shell atop the forward ammunition magazine of the USS Arizona. on a quiet Sunday morning while many sailors and Pearl Harbor residents were still in bed. sailors, Marines, soldiers, airmen and civilians who gave their lives that fateful day. It is fitting that on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day we remember the U.S. 7 marks the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. These words would become the rallying cry for the American people in the ensuing months and years as the United States fought its way across the Pacific and eventually defeated the Japanese.ĭec. These were President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s opening words when he addressed Congress and the nation the day after the surprise attack. “Decem… a date which will live in infamy.”
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Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News Archive
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