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The World War II Collection

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by Lord, Walter;


  Ono, Cdr. Kanjiro, 9, 22, 23-24, 26

  Opana (radar station), 41-45, 170

  Orwick, Radioman Dean B., 134-35

  Ottley, Lieut, (at Honolulu harbor), 60

  Outerbridge, Lieut. William W, 27-29, 35-39, 58, 59

  Oveka, Pvt. Edward, 186

  Owens, Boatswain’s Mate Allen, 87, 129

  P-40s, 77, 111, 145, 146

  Pacific Café, 151

  Pacific Club, 6

  Pacific Fleet, U.S., 1-2, 50-51, 65

  Panay, 85

  Parrott, Ens. John F., 101

  Patriarca, Lieut, (j.g.) F. A., 121, 170

  Patton, 2nd Lieut. Earl, 149

  Pafwing 2, 60, 64, 72, 169

  PBYs: at Kaneohe, 57, 80, 111; at Ford Island, 50, 60, 131; sub contacted by, 35, 36, 37-38, 60, 64

  Pearl City, 50, 51, 65, 73, 117, 120, 134, 136, 140, 165, 197

  Pearl Harbor (main references), 1-2, 27-29, 34, 50-55, 61-63, 84-104, 117-38, 155-60, 175-81, 192-95, 196-98

  Pearl Harbor Striking Force, 9, 14, 15, 33; number of planes used, 31

  Pelias, 85

  Pennsylvania, 8, 21, 50, 55, 65, 69, 85, 98, 102, 119, 131-33, 174, 175, 194

  Persson, Capt. August, 130

  Peters, Sgt. Emil, 145-46

  Pethoud, Pfc. Emmitt, 76

  Phelps, 68, 119, 137

  Philippines, 1, 12, 18, 53

  Phillips, Cdr. John, 124

  Phillips, Col. Walter C., 78

  Phoenix, 68, 119, 151-52, 169

  Pinkerton, Dr. Forrest, 184, 186

  Planning, Japanese, 10-14

  Poindexter, Gov. Joseph E., 164, 182-83

  Polto, Pvt. Harry, 126

  Popko, Aviation Ordnance Mate Henry, 146

  Portland, 21

  Power, Electrician’s Mate James, 132, 187

  Powers, Aviation Machinist’s Mate William, 124

  Precautions, Japanese, 15, 16, 18-19

  Pressler, Seaman “Red,” 62

  Puckett, Cdr. Louis, 141

  Pullen, Lieut. Cdr. Harold, 2, Mrs., 2

  Puuwai, 187, 189, 190

  Pye, V. Adm. William S, 1, 69, 138-39

  Queens Hospital, 186

  Quisdorf, Aviation Ordnanceman Harand N., 93, 100

  Rabe, Fireman Stanley H., 93

  Radar, Army, 41-45, 170

  Raenbig, Seaman H. E., 35, 36, 37

  Raines, Radioman James, 102, 134-35

  Raleigh, 51, 54, 62, 65, 84, 99, 135, 139, 159, 193

  Kamapo, 53, 101

  Ramey, Maj. Roger, 55

  Ramsay, Lieut. Robert, 105, 106

  Ramsey, Cdr. Logan, 60, 61, 64, 72

  Rathman, Waldo H, 198

  Rayburn, Speaker Sam, 208

  Reconnaissance Squadron: 38th, 104; 50th, 181; 88th, 104

  Red Hill, 199

  Reese, Ens. Hubert, 79-80, 112, 146

  Reeves, Chief Radioman Thomas, 124

  Reid, Lieut. Ernest, 105

  Reordan, Capt. Charles E., 126

  Rescue work; on California, 179-80; on Ford Island, 122-23; on Oklahoma, 177-79; on Utah, 158-59; on the water, 123

  Richards, Lieut. Robert, 113

  Ricketts, Lieut. Claude V., 89-90, 97, 156

  Rigel, 54, 69, 100, 101, 177, 178, 187, 194

  Robbins, Maj. (at Hickam), 144

  Robinson family, 187, 188, 189; Aylmer, 188, 190

  Robinson, Pvt. E. H., 193

  Rodenberger, Musician Don, 66

  Rogers, Lieut, (at Haleiwa), 145

  Rogers, Lieut. Cdr. R. H., 141

  Rogovsky, Storekeeper Jack, 100

  Rom, Pfc. Frank, 75

  Rood, Capt. Ceorge, 138

  Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano, 182-83, 205-6, 208-9; Mrs., 208

  Roosevelt, Capt. James, 205, 208

  Rottach, Ben, 54-55

  Rowell, Mrs. Alexander, 199

  Royal Hawaiian Hotel, 25, 193

  Rucoi, Gunner’s Mate Millard, 119-

  20, 133

  Rumors, 159-60, 161-63, 164, 166, 168, 193, 194; of poisoned water, 162-63; of American-educated Japanese pilots, 193

  Sabotage, Japanese, U.S. precautions against, 4, 55

  Sachs, Maj. Henry, 144

  Sacramento, 51, 67-68, 85, 100

  Saeki, 11, 14

  St. Louis, 53-54, 100, 119, 137, 138, 139, 168-69

  St. Louis Heights, 161

  Sakamaki, Ens. Kazuo, 24-26, 29-30, 39-40, 115-16, 174, 203-4

  Sallet, Seaman George, 84, 86

  “San Antonio Rose” (song), 106

  San Francisco (city), 194, 195

  San Francisco (cruiser), 52, 53, 68, 101, 176, 195

  Saratoga, 194

  Sawyer, Corpsman T. A., 136

  Scanland, Gapt. FrancisW., 128, 180

  Schick, Flight Surgeon William, 105

  Schlect, Radioman Benny, 134-35

  Schmitt, Lieut, (j.g.), Aloysius, 92

  Schofield Barracks, 2-3, 4, 6, 7, 19, 49, 56, 77, 109, 160, 181, 182, 183, 196

  Search for Japanese fleet, 125, 168-69

  Sedberry, Chief Quartermaster Robert, 128, 130

  Selfridge, 119

  Senecal, Pfc. Raymond, 77

  Shaffer, Marian, 8

  Shafter. See Ft. Shafter.

  Shapley, Maj. Allen, 94

  Shaw, 102, 131, 133-34

  Sherwood, Cpl. John, 75, 107-8, 143, 181

  Shiga, Lieut. Yoshio, 12, 18, 20, 23, 47, 48, 113

  Shimazaki, Lieut. Cdr. Shigekazu, 120

  Shimizu, Cdr. Shin-Ichi, 14, 15, 21, 154

  Shipley, Pvt. Bert, 143

  Shivers, Robert, 163

  Shokaku, 15, 18, 33, 34, 115, 172

  Short, Seaman Leslie V., 54, 84

  Short, Lieut. Gen. Walter C., 3-4, 6, 41, 55, 57, 78, 167, 182-83; Mrs., 3, 4

  Shrine football game, 58

  Shute, Ens. George, 79

  Silvester, Lieut. Bill, 2

  Simmons, Mess Attendant Walter, 51, 57, 79, 160, 182, 196

  Simons, Capt. R. Bentham, 54, 99-100, 135-36

  Sintani (Japanese on Niihau), 188, 189

  Smith, Mess Attendant (of Utah), 99

  Smith, Storekeeper H. W., 162-63

  Smith, Chief Yeoman George, 71

  Smith, Dr. Jesse, 185

  Smith, Seaman Joseph, 141

  Smith, Pharmacist’s Mate Orin, 146

  Snake Ranch, 106, 181

  Solace, 136, 157, 177, 186-87

  Sorties: cruisers, 144, 168-69; destroyers, 136-37, 141; Nevada, 127-31; St. lams, 138

  Soryu, 15, 33, 172

  Southeast Loch, 11, 66, 67, 70, 72, 84, 90, 100

  Spagnola, James A., 160, 176

  Spangler, Mrs. Paul, 152, 200; Betty (daughter), 201; Margo (daughter), 201

  Special Naval Attack Unit, 24, 203

  Stagich, Radioman Leonard, 102

  Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, 57-58, 152, 163

  “Star-Spangled Banner,” 67, 128, 150

  Stark, Adm. Harold R., 208

  Stidham, Joan, 154

  Stock, Fireman Frank, 66

  Stout, Cdr. Herald, 68

  Strafing, 66, 67, 106, 107, 110, 111-12, 123, 124, 139-40, 145, 146

  Submarine base, 72, 84, 101, 128, 195

  Sung do Kim, 110

  “Sunrise Seranade” (song), 133

  Suzuki, Mimori, 33, 172

  Suzuki, Lieut. Cdr.

  Suguru, 13, 14, 15-16

  Swan, 51, 100, 160, 162, 180

  “Sweet Leilani” (song), 2

  Swenson, Capt. Raymond, 105

  Swinney, Sgt. H. E., 75, 142

  Szymanski, Machinist (on Utah), 158

  Tai Sing Loe, 55

  Taiyo Maru, 13

  Takahashi, Lieut. Cdr. Kakwichi, 46, 63

  Takeda, Lieut. Harauo, 31

  Tamanaha, Toy, 151

  Tanbo, Cdr. Yoshibumi, 17, 19, 21-22, 33, 34, 115, 202

  Tangier, 51, 99, 120, 159, 194

  Tanner, Ens. William, 36, 37-38
, 60

  Taussig, Ens. Joseph, 52, 53, 62, 67, 86-87, 127, 129, 130

  Tautog, 67, 84

  Taylor, Lieut. Homer, 106

  Taylor, Lieut. Kenneth, 56, 77, 111, 145

  Taylor, Ens. Thomas, 53

  Taylor, Machinist’s Mate William, 68

  Tellin, Carpenter R. C., 135

  Tennessee, 8, 21, 51, 70, 71, 87, 96, 98, 119, 126, 151, 160, 176, 194

  Ten-Ten (1010) dock, 50, 51, 53, 62, 64, 65, 66, 84, 101, 118, 120, 128, 130, 156

  Territorial Guard, 183

  Theobald, R. Adm. Robert A., 6

  Thomas, Sen. Elmer, 208

  Thomas, Lieut. Cdr. Francis J., 128, 130, 155

  Thompson, Pvt. J. H., 107, 181

  “Three Lirde Fishes” (song), 153

  Tognetti, Paul, 184

  Tokyo, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 22-23, 194, 202, 206, 207

  Tomich, Chief Watertender Peter, 99

  Tommerlin, Tommy, 81

  Tone, 15, 31

  Torpedo attacks, 11, 12, 70

  Townsend, Cdr. A. M., 139; Mrs., 148, 198

  Traffic jams, 138-41

  Train, Capt. Harold C., 69

  Tripler General Hospital, 184-85

  Tsukamoto, Cdr. Hoichiro, 18, 33-34, 115

  Tucker, 84

  Turbine, 130

  Turner, Pvt. William, 146

  Turrage, Sgt. William, 146

  Twaddell, Lieut. Col. James W., 105, 111

  Two Jacks (café), 7

  Tyce, Bob, 82

  Tyler, 1st Lieut. Kermit A., 9, 42-45, 78

  Ugaki R. Adm. Matome, 115

  Umezawa, Sgt. (Japanese bombardier), 114

  Underwood, Lieut, (at Haleiwa), 49

  University of Hawaii, 58, 164, 183, 198, 201

  U.S. reactions, 205-9

  Usher, Prof. Roland G., 207

  Utah, 6, 20, 51, 65, 98-99, 135, 158, 196

  Utility Squadron One, 169, 197

  Uttrick, Quartermaster B. C., 27

  Vaessen, Fireman John, 99, 159

  Vandenberg, Sen. Arthur, 207-8

  Van Valkenburgh, Capt. Franklin, 94

  Varner, Quartermaster H. C. (“Jim”), 54

  Vaubel, Nurse Valera, 192

  Vecera, Quartermaster Edward, 70, 176

  Vestal, 62, 66, 70, 87, 93, 94-96, 161, 180

  Vitousek, Roy, 82; Martin (son), 82

  Vogt, Ens. John, 121

  Waddington, Maj. L. D., 112

  Wahiawa, 110, 183

  Waianae Beach, 160

  Waianae Mountains, 76, 80

  Waikiki Beach, 5, 7, 53, 76, 80, 105, 160, 193

  Waipahu, 199

  Waipio Peninsula, 155

  Wake Island, 2, 121

  Wallace, Ens. W. G., 201; Mrs., 201

  Walters, George, 131

  Ward, 27-29, 36-39, 58, 59, 60, 61, 72, 103, 116, 137

  Warnings, from Washington, 2, 4, 41, 167-68

  Washington, D.C., 1, 4, 6, 18, 41, 72, 167, 205, 206, 207, 208

  Waszkiewicz, Seaman Ed, 134

  Watanabe, Cdr. Katsuji, 202-3

  Watson, Aviation Machinist’s Mate Ralph, 147

  Wears, Sgt. Leo, 93, 125

  Weisenberger, Chief Machinist’s Mate Paul, 70-71, 101

  Weisman (seaman on Oklahoma), 178

  Welch, Lieut. George, 56, 76-77, 110-11, 145

  West, Mrs. Melbourne, 149

  West Virginia, 8, 21, 51, 52, 54, 66, 69-70, 85, 87-90, 93, 96-97, 98, 104, 120, 123, 124, 125-26, 129, 156-57, 176-77, 192, 194

  Wheeler, Sen. Burton, 208

  Wheeler Field, 10, 19, 49, 56, 76-77, 78, 108-9, 110, 144, 145, 160, 182, 196, 197

  White, Lieut, (j.g), F. H., 97

  White, Machinist’s Mate Robert, 119

  Whitman, Lieut. George, 146

  Whitney, 118, 198

  Widgeon, 177, 180

  Wilkinson, 1st Lieut. Warren, 141-42

  Willis, Ens. Charles F., 80

  Willis, Ens. Walter, 121

  Wilson, Brig. Gen. Durward S., 2, 3

  Wilson, Pvt. John, 143

  Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow, 208

  Wiltse, Cdr. Jerry, 140

  Winser, Lieut. Cdr. L., 99

  Won, Patrolman Albert, 161

  Wong, Police Sgt. Jimmy, 152, 161-62

  Workman, Seaman Joseph, 53

  Wounded, treatment of, 122-23, 185-87

  Wray, Lieut. Cdr. Henry, 128

  Yamamoto, Adm. Isoroku, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 115, 173-74

  Yano, Lieut, (pilot on Shokaku), 172

  YG-17, 51

  Y.M.C.A., 7, 139

  Yo-44, 71-72

  Yokosuka Naval Barracks, 23

  Yokota, Seaman Shigeki, 15, 19

  Yomiuri Shinbun (Tokyo newspaper), 3, 202

  Young, Cdr. Cassin, 93, 95

  Young, Paul, 110, 145; Mrs., 110

  Young, Seaman Stephen, 90, 178

  Young, Tommy, 49

  Y.W.C.A., 164

  Zlabis, Signalman Adolf, 62, 95

  Zuikaku, 15, 171

  IMAGE GALLERY

  Official U.S. Navy Photo

  Japanese crewmen cheer the attacking planes on their way, as they take off in the early-morning light of December 7. Commander Tsukamoto, navigation officer of the carrier Shokaku, decided this was the greatest moment of his life.

  The American commanders who received the attack: at top, Admiral Husband E. Rimmel, commanding the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and, below, Lieut. General Walter C. Short, commanding U.S. Army ground and air forces in Hawaii.

  The Japanese commander who delivered the attack: Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.

  This Japanese chart marks the supposed position of various ships in Pearl Harbor. Although quite inaccurate, it was relied on faithfully — the old target ship Utah, mislabeled the carrier Saratoga, took two torpedoes right away. The proposed course of a Japanese midget sub is plotted around Ford Island, leading to later reports that the map was recovered from one of these subs. But Japanese comments scribbled on the chart — for instance, that the tanks circled at the bottom can be seen “at about five nautical miles” — indicate that it really came from a plane shot down. This is in line with the recollection of General Kendall Fielder, who helped recover the chart.

  The raid begins. Japanese torpedo plane peels off after direct hit on the Oklahoma … the torpedoed Utah lists to port off the near side of Ford Island … smoke boils up from dive-bombed hangars at extreme right. This and the next two pictures were later captured from the Japanese.

  Battleship Row through Japanese eyes. Telltale torpedo tracks lead straight to the listing West Virginia and Oklahoma. Gray smoke across the channel is from the torpedoed Helena; white smoke in the background, from dive-bombing at Hickam Field.

  Top, looking straight down on Battleship Row from a Japanese bomber. Oil gushes from the torpedoed Oklahoma and West Virginia. Astern, the Arizona has just been hit by a bomb. The same scene, below, viewed three days later from a U.S. Navy plane. The Oklahoma has turned turtle, the West Virginia is awash, the Arizona blown apart. Fifteen years later oil still seeped from Arizona’s hulk.

  Height of the attack. The West Virginia lies sunk but still upright, thanks to Lieutenant Ricketts’ impromptu counterflooding. Inboard is the Tennessee, less seriously damaged but threatened at the moment by burning oil.

  Rescue launch edges in to pick up swimmers from the West Virginia. One survivor needed no such help: Ensign Fowler, the ship’s disbursing officer, pushed off on a raft, using his cash ledger as a paddle.

  No one ever finished raising the American flag, as the torpedoed Utah rolls over at her berth on the northwest side of Ford Island.

  From the Army-Navy game program, November 29, 1941: “despite the claims of air enthusiasts no battleship has yet been sunk by bombs.”

  Eight days later — the Arizona exploding from direct bomb hit.

  The Arizona burning after the great explosion.

  After the attack the shattered Arizona lies
, a tomb for 1102 men.

  Japanese fighters cruise by one of the unarmed B-17S that arrived from California during the raid. Most of the bombers were attacked, but this one led a charmed life —the enemy pilots apparently thought Staff Sergeant Lee Embree’s camera was a gun and veered away whenever he pointed it at them.

  Lieutenant Robert Richards’ H-17 couldn’t make Hickam, ground-looped into tiny Bellows Field across the island.

  Captain Ray Swenson’s B-17 was the only one from the Coast destroyed. Japanese bullets set off some flares, which burned the ship in half as it crash-landed at Hickam.

  Wheeler Field, viewed from a Japanese plane. The Army fighters are parked in neat rows on the runway to prevent sabotage.

  At Ewa Field, Marine ground crews fire back at the raiders with rifles.

  While men grimly fought back at the bases, the average civilian awakened to noise and smoke, gradually shook off his Sunday morning torpor, and tried to grasp what was happening. This local resident investigates the smoke at Kaneohe Naval Air Station.

  A wall of antiaircraft fire meets the second Japanese attack wave as it arrives over Pearl Harbor.

  The Nevada starts her famous sortie. At top, she pulls out from her berth at the north end of Battleship Row. In the middle, she glides by the blazing Arizona. At bottom, she heads on down the channel. These pictures are believed never before published.

  The Nevada ends her sortie aground at Hospital Point. The current has swung her around, so that she now faces back up the channel; but the flag still flies from her fantail — reminding at least one witness of Francis Scott Key and “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

  After the raid the Nevada pulled clear of Hospital Point and backed across the harbor, where she is shown beached on the firm sand of Waipio Peninsula.

  Late in the attack, bombs rained down on the destroyers Cassin and Dowries in Drydock No. 1, wrecking both ships. Some of their machinery was later salvaged.

  Drydock No. 1 after the raid, showing the Cassin rolled over on the Dowries, with the battleship Pennsylvania just astern. At the right is Crane 51, which civilian yard worker George Walters ran back and forth alongside the Pennsylvania, trying to ward off low-flying planes.

 

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