Got this from a friend in the USAF, had to share.
RECEIVED THESE PHOTOS FROM AN OLD SHIPMATE ON THE USS QUAPAW
ATF-11O. INTERESTING AS I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM ANYWHERE ELSE.
I THINK THEY'RE SPECTACULAR.
Pearl Harbor
On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack
against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By
planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral
Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have
it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port.
(The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just
delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to
Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs
in the United States.)
In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing
aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided
to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423
aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first
wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave
consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the
fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa.
The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft,
which again struck at the same targets.
At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate"
torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude
bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor. Within the
next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack. When it
was over, the U.S. losses were:
Casualties
USA: 218 KIA, 364 WI A
USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.
USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.
TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
Battleships
USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in
the harbor.
USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and
repaired.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and
repaired.
USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking. Later repaired.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage.
USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.
USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a target) - Sunk.
Cruisers
USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage.
USS San Francisco (CA38) - Light Damage.
USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage.
USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.
USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage.
Destroyers
USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD-372) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
Minelayer
USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
Seaplane Tender
USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
Repair Ship
USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
Harbor Tug
USS Sotoyom o (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
Aircraft
188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps.)
These were twits (Germany included) were all opposed to freedom and tried to inflict their will on every one else. Are we going to let the little twit in Iran do the same? The death toll on 9-11 was nearly the same as Dec 7th. Why are we not as determined to rid the world of the terrorists as we were in WWII?
When people are willing to give up their freedom in the name of peace they shall have neither.
