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The Attack on an Island

By dylantzeiler

  • Target Acquired

    Target Acquired
    At 7:02 a.m. an army lieutenant in training at Fort Shafter, in the radio-network operations center, spotted planes 69 miles away from the island but does not report it.

  • Take Off

    Take Off
    At 6:00 a.m. the first wave of the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet took off around 230 miles away from Oahu island to bomb Pearl Harbor.

  • Land Ho

    Land Ho
    The first Imperial Japanese Navy fleet was in sight of the island of Oahu roughly at 6:25 a.m.

  • Bombs Away

    Bombs Away
    The first wave of the Imperial Japanese Navy planes bomb Pearl Harbor at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiin time destroying the Helena, Utah, and Oklahomo battleships.

  • Bad News

    Bad News
    President Franklin Roosevelt recieved the bad news that the first attack on Pearl Harbor.

  • First Wave Complete

    First Wave Complete
    The first fleet of Imperial Japanese Navy planes that attacked Pearl Harbor returned to their base.

  • Double Whammy

    Double Whammy
    At 8:54 a.m. Hawaiin time, a second wave of Japanese planes stuck again.

  • Fin

    Fin
    10:00 a.m. the attack has ended. The first wave of pilots from The Imperial Japanese Navy have returned to their base successfully. The base was attack by a total of 353 Japanese planes. A total of 8 U.S. Navy battleships were damaged with 4 sunken, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship and 1 minelayer were destroyed. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, 2403 Americans died while 1,178 were injured. The Japanese lost 29 aircraft and 5 midget submarines and 64 men were killed.