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KASEN AND ROBB
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1 a.m (Statistics of Attack)
U.S. Loss:
-- Overall Japanese sank or damaged 18 ships
-- Japanese destroyed 161 planes
-- 2,896 casualties and 2,117 of them were dead Japan Loss:
-- Japan lost 29 planes on Oahu
-- Lost 1 large submarine and 5 midget submarines
-- Lost 55 airmen, 9 crew men, and the uncounted men on the large submarine
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8:02-8:32
The torpedo planes made 4 attacks, and the diver planes made 8 attacks. (Horvat) -
8:01
Pearl Harbor and Ford Island were overrun by attacking planes. Japanese bombers destroyed 33 of the 70 planes on Ford Island. Seconds later, dive bombers and torpedo planes struck at warships in the harbor on a sustained basis. (Horvat) -
7:55 a.m
The first Japanese plane was spotted southeast of Hickam Field. (Horvat) -
7:57 a.m
The first shots were made by the Japanese fighter pilots. 21 fighter planes were in the first wave. This was an attack on Marine Airgroup 21 located in Ewa. (Horvat) -
8:12 a.m
The second wave of Japanese Fighter Pilots came in to assist the first wave at Marine Airgroup 21. No specification on amount of "Zekes" (Japnese Fighter Pilots) that were in the second wave. (Horvat) -
8:27 a.m
The third wave came in to attack the Marine Airgroup 21 after the first 2 waves that passed. This group had 15 "Zekes" attacking the base. (Horvat) -
9 a.m
The Zekes attacked Hickam Airforce base for a 3rd wave. (Horvat) -
7:57 a.m
The Fighter pilots "Zekes" were joined by 28 bomber planes. (Horvat) -
8:12 - 8:22 a.m
The Zekes and the 28 bomber planes made 2 waves over Hickam in a width of 10 minutes. (Horvat) -
8:48-9:18
More bombing.
The Japanese planes came from the south, preferably Kahuku side. Also, some from the north, over the Koolau Range. The Pacific fleets, nine of them, were all hit at least once within a short time span.
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after 10 o clock (not specific time)
The first ship to sink was the U.S.S. Arizona.
Following was the U.S.S. Oklahoma, West Virginia, and California.
The U.S.S. Nevada was beached so it would not sink. On the side of that, the Tenessee and Pennsylvania was damaged.
In all, six ships were sunk, 12 damaged, others had minor hits. Naval facilities was seriously damaged, others had minor hits. At the time of the attack the Pacific Fleet’s carrier force was not in Pearl Harbor. A few ships did not make in time. (Horvat) -
Works Cited
"Pearl Harbor." World War II History Info. Pacific Theatre, Dec. 2001. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. http://worldwar2history.info/Pearl-Harbor/. Horvat, William J. "Attack on Pearl Harbor." Hawaii Aviation. The State of Hawaii, 2005. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/world-war-ii/december-7-1941.
