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Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor is a US Naval base in Oahu. -
0324 Hours
The minesweeper Condor spots a submarine while on patrol. The crew sends a message to the destroyer Ward reporting submarines location. -
0610 Hours
183 fighters, bombers and torpedo planes plummet through the air from Japan on their way to Pearl Harbor using Honolulu's radio stations music as a guide. -
0645 Hours
U.S Destroyer Ward ship final locates submarine sighted earlier and attacks it causing it to slow and start to sink. They drop depth charges to ensure its demise. -
0653 Hours
The Ward sends a report to Pearl Harbor Naval Station: "We have attacked, fired upon, and dropped depth charges upon submarine operating in defensive sea area." -
0702 Hours
The radar oscilloscope see 50 or more aircraft approaching Oahu and immediately calls the radar network. -
0755 Hours
Commander Logan C. Ramsey see's a Japanese plane drop it's first bomb and quickly sends a message: "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL." Most U.S planes parked in the airfields are destroyed. -
0810 Hours
A high altitude bomber plane drops a bomb on the Arizona ship which creates a huge fire ball fueled by 450,000 kilograms of gun powder killing 1,177 men. -
0817 Hours
While leaving the channel The Helm sees a Japanese submarine caught on a reef, shoots at it and misses. One of the submarines two man-crew drowns while trying to escape, but the other prisoner is the first Unites States World War II prisoner of war. -
0854 Hours
The second wave of Japan's strike force 167 planes, attack the dry dock area hitting the Pennsylvania ship, oil tanks and the Raleigh ship. -
1300 Hours
The strike force turns back for home. Many had called for a third strike but the superiors determine this was a great enough success. The main reason was because they did not know where the U.S carriers were. -
1030 Hours
The wounded from the ships and the airfields overflow hospitals. Most are horribly burned and others have bullet wounds or punctures from shrapnel. Lawns and barracks are are used to accommodate the overwhelming number of casualties. -
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Pearl Harbor
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1229 Hours
The nation is united in a Congress meeting where President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the house with a solemn speech requesting a declaration of war. -
1300 Hours
The congress votes for war unanimously with a ratio of 388 to 1.
