On Dec. 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Franklin Roosevelt said, “Today is a day that will live in infamy.” The Japanese bombed the U.S.A. fleet and blew up half of the Navy Battleships and damaged every boat the U.S. had. 180 aircrafts were blown up. 2,335 people were killed. The area where they attacked was Honolulu in a Naval base. Two waves attacked: the first wave hit Pearl Harbor at 7:53am and the second wave hit at 8:55am.

Lots of people might wonder why the U.S. was not prepared. The reason the U.S. was so unprepared for the attack was because, on the radars, someone on a ship thought the planes were American, the planes were flying low and no one expected to be attacked and because that no one thought the planes were Japanese until it was too

late.

There were three reasons Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The first reason was because they wanted natural resources. The second reason was that the U.S. stopped trading with them. The third reason was that they wanted the Pacific territory.

Raymond Haerry was on the USS Arizona. He tried firing a gun, but it didn’t have ammunition. He then was knocked of the ship by an explosion. He was able to make it to shore, find a gun and shoot at the Japanese. He served on the USS Opportune, Allagash, Luiseno and Muna Kea. He later served in the Korean War.

He retired 25 years later from the Navy. He retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer.