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Dr. Seuss (and the United States) Go to war. Wally and We interrupt this Broadcast. November 28, 1941. December 5, 1941.
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Dr. Seuss (and the United States) Go to war Wally and We interrupt this Broadcast
"Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions. . . . Radio makes surprise impossible."--Josephus Daniels, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy, October 16, 1922
BEFORE THE ATTACK-JAPAN • Economic woes • Nationalism • Military/Foreign expansion • 1937-War with China • 1940-Tripartite pact with Germany/Italy • 1941-Seized Indo-China
BEFORE THE ATTACK-JAPAN • ISOROKU YAMAMOTO Begins planning PH attack
BEFORE THE ATTACK-AMERICA 1940- • Ended commercial treaties with Japan • Increased Aid to China • Moved Pacific fleet to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1941 • Froze Japanese assets (ended all trade)
BEFORE THE ATTACK-WALLY • Avoided draft as pipefitter in Hawaii • 12/06/41—Bachelor Party • 12/07/41—Supposed to be working on U.S.S. Los Angeles but got the day off for a wedding
DURING THE ATTACK-JAPAN • 353 Planes in 2 waves Wave 1--7:55 a.m • Wheeler field • NW side of Oahu to Ford Island • Hickam/Ewa field • Wave 2—8:40 a.m. • SE side of Oahu to Ford Island • Kaneohe/Bellows Field
29 Kamikaze planes lost 5 Japanese submarines lost About 129 Japanese died
DURING THE ATTACK-AMERICA • 2,403 Americans killed • 1,178 wounded • 21 Navy ships sunk • 8 Battleships hit • 3 aircraft carriers safe at sea
DURING THE ATTACK-WALLY • GETTING READY FOR A WEDDING AND SAW THE KAMIKAZE PLANES OVERHEAD
DURING THE ATTACK-WALLY U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA U.S.S. CASSIN U.S.S. DOWNES • PUT OUT THE FIRES IN THE DRY DOCKS TO SAVE THE U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA
DURING THE ATTACK-WALLY • PLUMBING WORK AT HICKAM FIELD
DURING THE ATTACK-WALLY U.S.S. OKLAHOMA U.S.S. MARYLAND • NIGHTFALL AND BODIES ON THE U.S.S MARYLAND
AFTER THE ATTACK--JAPAN • Brutally attacked British and American ports in the Pacific • This was known as the Japanese Steam Roller • Including the Philippines • Stayed in war until August 1945
AFTER THE ATTACK--AMERICA • “December 7, 1941… A date that will live in infamy” • At war with Japan, Italy and Germany • Mobilized for war • April 1945-defeated Germany • August 1945-defeated Japan