Table of Contents In this book you will read about the attack on Pearl Harbor from three perspectives Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who were in or near the attack As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Ronald Carter U S Marine Chapter 2 1 4 Ishi Tanaka Japanese Fighter Pilot Chapter 3 2 2 Alani Onakea Hawaiian Worker Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
4 1 I wince as a nurse cleans the burns on my arm I’m on board the hospital ship Solace with about 100 other wounded marines and sailors The ship has also picked up many dead bodies I’m a U S marine stationed at the Pearl Harbor base off the coast of Oahu Hawaii It is Sunday December 7 1941 and today my country was attacked Ronald Carter U S Marine
5 The morning started like any other Sunday I got out of bed aboard the USS Arizona which was docked on the east side of Ford Island I had been training on the ship since February 1941 The USS Arizona was part of the United States Pacific Fleet an impressive group of great battleships This fleet is the country’s main military force in the Pacific Ocean Other ships were docked with us on Ford Island including the USS Nevada to the east and the USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee to the west This grouping of docked ships was called Battleship Row There were a few other battleships on the west side of Ford Island too including the USS Utah and the USS Raleigh Europe is at war and some areas of Asia have also been affected by the conflict China in particular has been facing danger as Japan tries to conquer more of China’s land On September 27 1940 Japan joined in the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy The pact linked these countries together as the Axis Powers
