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in flight, Comdr. Mitsuo Fuchida,
0610 hours) lead the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, sees the Japanese aircraft carriers rocking on a rough sea.Crewmen hold on to the aircraft to keep them from going over. -
The U.S. destroyer Ward
0645 hours) The Ward’s captain, Lt William w Outerbridge, has been in command for only two days. He orders men to start firing. The first shot misses. The second strikes the submarine at the waterline. -
the naval 14 station
0653 hours) dropped depth charges upon sub operating in defensive sea area.Then a more detailed message came in We have attackedfired upon, and dropped depth charges upon submarine operating in defensive sea area. -
The Army’s Opana Mobile Radar Station
0702 hours) one of the two privates on duty looks at the radar oscilloscope. and he confirms the sighting: 50 or more aircraft on a bearing for Oahu. The privates call the Fort Shafter information center. -
the Opana radar station report
0720 hours) The lieutenant believes that the radar had picked up a flight of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers heading from California to Hawaii. -
U.S. code breakers
0733 hours)Because atmospheric static blacks out communications with Hawaii, Marshall’s message goes via commercial telegraph -
the flight
0743 hours) Planes of the first wave take off from the Japanese carriers—49 high-altitude bombers, 51 dive-bombers, 40 torpedo planes, 43 fighters. They fly through clouds, wondering if Pearl Harbor will be visible. -
Telegraph
0749 hours)He orders his telegraph operator to tap out to, to, to: attack. Then other taps: to ra, to ra, to ra: attack, surprise achieved. -
Minesweeper condor is on patrol
(0342 hours) The officer of the deck sees something “about fifty yards
The Condor sends a blinker-light message to the destroyer Ward: “Sighted submerged submarine on westerly course, speed 9 knots. -
The Ward had sent out its message
0715 hours) that it had attacked an unidentified sub—in code. At headquarters.