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Japanese torpedo planes and bombers preparing to take off towards Pearl harbor
U.S.S Arizona
7:55 a.m. Hawaii time (12:55 p.m. EST) on December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes attacked the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, launching one of the deadliest attacks in American history. The assault, which lasted less than two hours, claimed the lives of more than 2,400 people, wounded 1,000 more and damaged or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. Almost half of the casualties at Pearl Harbor occurred on the naval battleship USS Arizona, which was hit four times by Japanese bombers. As we commemorate the anniversary of this “date which will live in infamy,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt described it on December 8, 1941.
Sauce:http://www.history.com/news/5-facts-about-pearl-harbor-and-the-uss-arizona
If you want to feel patriotic watch President Roosevelt's speech declaring war:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhtuMrMVJDk
FP Edit: send me WWII pictures you find interesting. no graphic shit. Both of my grandparents fought in WWII
usernametaken42
The day the US got caught by surprise, 2 years into a world war
APisMOSTFIRE
I’ll be at the remembrance ceremony tomorrow.
ataradov
An easy way for miss Rankin to distinctly make it into history books :)
AllForFee
The response in retaliation was equally heinous.
GhostOfPierceHawthorne
My dad's birthday.
MacabreCuriosity
Its mine too
Chiluzza
Time to watch Tora! Tora! Tora! Again
PullShporttel
Wait until Hanukkah and watch it back to back with Torah! Torah! Torah!
scozzle
I briefly wondered what the “Hawaii congress votes” war was and why I hadn’t heard of it. Then I wondered why I’m an idiot.
nastywomen
I was trying to figure out how 1500 dead can vote outside of Illinois.
hiyall1
I was born on this day 51 years later too.i think about it quite often
AmazingPaladin
Remember when congress had to vote to go to war?
Elitex62
They still do. We just aren't in a true war.
superanth
Let's hear it for the USS Nevada, the one ship to get underway even after being bombed and torpedoed while in the harbor.
AdolfEngels
That's how you get an atomic bomb dropped on your head. Take note North Korea
UsingThisAsMyName
@OP my grandfather also served in WW2. On D-Day he came in on the second wave, carrying supplies. I too, wouldn’t mind seeing pics and info.
Gabetheshrub
Ya done woke the sleeping giant now!
BarbaryLionforContinuitysSake
My grandfather lived across the bay from Kaneohe Marine Station, an elderly neighbor of mine watched the planes flying to attack Wheeler, 1
BarbaryLionforContinuitysSake
This day was so much more than Pearl Harbor, and it will truly forever live in infamy here in Hawaii. Thanks for posting, @OP
wenttolunch
if you have any pictures he passed on I would love to see them. but I know very few had cameras at the ready when it happened.
Labracadabradorable
Is it true that the suicide bombers were given meth to make them compliant?
georgecostanzalatexsalesman
I believe the nazis used a type of amphetamine as well, which explains some of the speed of their infantry movements
wenttolunch
They did it for the honor, and the nudes they were going to get afterwards. oh wait...
DongleDingleDangle
Definitely possible just no real proof. Germans were said to use amphetamines too, but I’m sure all sides at least experimented.
viking12
Fun Fact, the sole House voter against the war was a woman who refused to vote for a war she would not be allowed to volunteer to fight in.
pandalicious
My grandfather was on the USS California that day, and barely spoke about it until we went to the 60th anniversary of it. I miss him.
wenttolunch
It really hit them hard seeing their brothers being killed. it was church sunday too so no one expected anything to happen. May he RIP
pandalicious
I was very happy to be able to bring him to that moment, 60 years later, and let him finally share. And I am so glad I was able to hear it.
LuckoHarper
Dec 7th this year also marks my 7th year in the U.S. Navy. Hooyah Shipmates, we have the watch.
xxxchocolatebearxxx
As a kid, Pearl Harbor was always one of my favorite films. When I was 10, my family vacationed in Hawaii and I went too the memorial. 1/2
xxxchocolatebearxxx
Even as a 10 year old, I was crying. I still understood the impact this event had on our country. I was incredibly moved by the memorial.
SpecialAgentCharlesCarmichael
Going to Pearl Harbor was a bucket list item I was able to check off last year during my honeymoon. It was incredible.
SpaceISIS
You can still see the oil leaking, gobs at a time, from the Arizona. Ranger onsite said it would still be leaking long after I was dead
dottedglass
No one feels like siphoning the oil?
dannakala
It's a grave for many men so people don't want to disturb it. It also only leaks a couple quarts a day.
dottedglass
I see. I makes sense.
AllThatJazzzzz
We always think of it as so far off, but it was less than a century ago. Genocide, Hitler, all of it seems so distant, but people who 1/
AllThatJazzzzz
fought, people who survived, people who saw the worst of humanity are still alive today.
rugmeback
and now have to worry about Trump
wenttolunch
when I was younger I would ask my grandpa what happened. he would tell me the gory stuff my parents didn't want me to know
myblvdmnstr
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." Isoroku Yamamoto
hereforthehumor
Who down votes this quote? Thanks myblvdmnstr
Rulweylan
"You missed the fucking carriers you dipshits! That was the whole bloody point!"
PullShporttel
(Attributed but disputed)
KBiT
Was it that quote or the "rifle behind every blade of grass" one that was fake?
IfTheWorldIsMyOysterThenIMustBeAllergicToShellfish
There's no evidence of him saying that. This quote is from Tora! Tora! Tora!
MacabreCuriosity
I dont know about the "rifle behind every blade of grass" quote but Ive had 2 professors use the first quote during their lectures.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SiIverSoul
well, it was in the pearl harbor movie..
TheSaucyCrumpet
Pretty sure the "rifle behind every..." quote was American propaganda.
scrim4
*NRA trash, acting like they keep America safe from invasion.
ConveyEmotionsViaGifs
Correct me if i’m wrong, but wasn’t the attack unprovoked?
wenttolunch
It was, if you go on the History Channel link I posted it has the story behind the day.
Stev757
Pretty much. We traded economically with the Allies, but remained neutral until Pearl Harbor happened.
spaghettiThunderbolt
Correct. They wanted to scare the US out of the war, or completely eliminate us. They weren't able to end it within a year, and thus lost.
Teathefae
If y'all want to see a good movie based on the events of Pearl harbor look up "Tora Tora Tora". Don't watch the Michael Bay abomination.
squirrelfartsy
The Michael Bay version was literally scripted around the one scene where the camera follows a dropped bomb.
squirrelfartsy
Bay thinks in effects, not story.
TheGonco
Wow this is actually quite fascinating, I literally had no idea that many people died, I knew the effect Pearl Harbor had and everything 1/2
TheGonco
But 1500 people died? I did not know that, wow, interesting piece of history!
wenttolunch
I know it is crazy, but it sparked the engine of America and made us the country that actually made innovations
DongleDingleDangle
More like 2400 Americans. Many reasons why people compared 9/11 to Pearl Harbor.
Fredders
Miraculously our carriers were not there
Elitex62
The Officer in direct control of the fleet went against Yamamoto's orders and decided to attack while the carriers were away 1/2
Elitex62
because "BATTULSHIPS WIL WIN DA WAR UNLIKE DEM FANCY FLOATIN AIRFIELDZ!"
wenttolunch
If they were the war would have been a lot longer and we may not have had the outcome we did. most likely would have taken soldiers to the1/
wenttolunch
/2 Mainland Japan
MothMonsterMan
Can someone teach me: which ships/how many were unharmed during this attack? What was left of the fleet that was battle worthy?
themuttonisniceandlean
Wiki: All 8 battleships damaged, w/ 4 sunk. All but the Arizona were raised, and 6 were returned to service and went on to fight in the war.
themuttonisniceandlean
Also Wiki: Also sank or damaged 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer.
MacabreCuriosity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor#Ships_lost_or_damaged
themuttonisniceandlean
The ships were Arizona, California, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia & a repair ship, Vestal.
MothMonsterMan
... I'm asking for a friend.. Not a Japanese friend probably.
BaddogKelevra
4 battleships sunk 4 battleships damaged 2 other ships sunk 3 cruisers damaged 3 destroyers damaged 3 other ships damaged
BaddogKelevra
188 aircraft destroyed and 159 aircraft damaged. The fleet was in ruins but the important sub pens and oil stations were untouched
BaddogKelevra
and the carriers were also at sea when the attack was going on. Most of the ships were just WWI battleships but upgraded to modern standards
david42
This raid is why there are now three Interstate highways in Hawaii.
Kamica
Well, that, and the fact that Hawaii wasn't a state back then =P.
thefancytaco
That's an INTERstating fact
BigDaddysMeatWagon
Huh. Looked it up. TIL a road need not cross state borders to be an "interstate", instead it just means it's federally funded
Terwin94
How are they interstates if it's just in one state?
RamsesMCMXCI
Because they were paid for by the interstate system. yeah I doesn't make sense but it was part of that program
TheElectronicsFella
Wormholes
mineovermatter
That's an interesting factoid. Have any background (not doubting,just intrigued)
Tunisia
Factoids are things which sound like facts but are actually false.
david42
It took so long to get help from one base to another that Eisenhower decided the highways needed to be built.
dzbomber
Also interstates have to have a straight run every so many miles. Just in case military needs to land if war hit the state's.
booyash4ka
They were built mainly for military purpose
dzbomber
Roger that
BillBroBagins
Inspired by the Autobahn
kirbynomnoms
They are also built through mountains so that they can collapse the tunnels so that enemies can't get through quickly in case of a land raid
tomyironmane
well, that and the fact that going around the mountains was probably more expensive and yielded a slower safe top speed.
pterodactylptime
Do you have sauce? This is interesting!
kirbynomnoms
Learned about it in one of my engineering classes. Now I can't find the documentary that explained how it works :/
tomyironmane
Rankin voted against WWI too. Her rationale. "I can't serve, therefore I cannot in good conscience send others off to die in my stead..."
mstomm
I had to go look her up. Gave no fucks that those votes were political suicide. She had her ideals and stood by them. Good for her.
tomyironmane
probably why Montana kept electing her.
mstomm
She was only elected twice, after her ww1 vote she wasn't elected again til 1940. She didn't run again after her ww2 vote.