TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER U S PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 1 A MORNING TO REMEMBER CHAPTER 2 THE FIRST ATTACK CHAPTER 3 THE SECOND WAVE CHAPTER 4 IN DISASTER S WAKE CHAPTER 5 A NATION AT WAR INDEX JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 1 A RISKY PLAN CHAPTER 2 BY AIR AND BY SEA CHAPTER 3 TORA TORA TORA CHAPTER 4 A FATEFUL DECISION CHAPTER 5 RISING SUN SETTING SUN INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR SOURCE NOTES GLOSSARY INTERNET SITES TIMELINE SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY FURTHER READING CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS COPYRIGHT BACK COVER
CHAPTER 1 A MORNING TO REMEMBER December 7 1941 began as just another lazy Sunday at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu Some early risers were already eating breakfast while other servicemen were dressing for church services Many more were still asleep in their bunks on board ship or lying awake thinking about the leisure filled day ahead of them About 30 miles 48 kilometers away at the Opana Point Radar Station near the island's northern
tip George Elliott and Joseph Lockard were on the job scanning the skies on their mobile radar unit U S Navy battleships were among the vessels docked at Pearl Harbor Suddenly at 7 02 a m the two young Army privates noticed something odd on the radar screen A big blip appeared to be heading southward toward Oahu at a fast pace They assumed it was a large group of aircraft about 130 miles 209 km away As they tracked the blip they called the
information center at Fort Shafter to report the sighting Lieutenant Kermit Tyler answered the call He knew that a fleet of American B 17 bombers had left California the previous day and were due to arrive that morning Tyler assumed this was what was showing up on the radar screen But the information about the bombers was classified so he decided not to share it with the two privates He simply said to them Don't worry about it 1 Satisfied that there was no cause for concern Lockard and Elliott went to breakfast when their replacements arrived When they last tracked the blip it was just 22 miles 35 km from Oahu Soon after Rear Admiral William R Furlong aboard the ship Oglala looked up and saw what
