Pearl Harbor Day—2016

ApS · 12-07-2016, 05:25 AM

• The first shots were fired by Americans.

Pearl Harbor's Ford Island Navy fleet wasn't the only target on Oahu.

• That one downed Japanese pilot was harbored by Hawaiian citizens led to FDR's ordering Internments!

(Internments opposed by the FBI's Director, J. Edgar Hoover).

• At the time, my Tuftonboro Dad was training the Navy's PBY patrol-bomber pilots in Jacksonville, FL. His eventual PBY squadron (VP-11) was destroyed or sunk at moorings.

• His rank on December 7th? "Cadet".

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MAXUM · 12-07-2016, 01:23 PM

If you ever get a chance to visit the Arizona Memorial in pearl harbor, it is a very sobering experience.

12-07-2016, 05:25 AM	#1
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,788 Thanks: 2,085 Thanked 742 Times in 532 Posts	Pearl Harbor Day—2016 • The first shots were fired by Americans. Pearl Harbor's Ford Island Navy fleet wasn't the only target on Oahu. • That one downed Japanese pilot was harbored by Hawaiian citizens led to FDR's ordering Internments! (Internments opposed by the FBI's Director, J. Edgar Hoover). • At the time, my Tuftonboro Dad was training the Navy's PBY patrol-bomber pilots in Jacksonville, FL. His eventual PBY squadron (VP-11) was destroyed or sunk at moorings. • His rank on December 7th? "Cadet". .

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