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may have been intended for the fleeing the entire World War II. In this event, a
NEVADA. Although extensively Japanese Midget Submarine was seen,
damaged, she was ingeniously made attacked, and sunk about 2.5 miles off the
seaworthy and then shuttled to Mare Coast of Oahu in about 1200 feet of water.
Island Naval Shipyard, California for It was not until 2003 that this fact was
repairs. proven, when a modern scientific
submersible went down there and actually
USS HELM By chance, the destroyer found the midget sub lying on the bottom,
HELM was already underway in Pearl riddled with the holes inflicted by the USS
Harbor's West Loch when the attack WARD when she attacked. Aboard the
began. During the attack the ship sailed submersible to witness the finding was
out of Pearl Harbor, sustaining moderate one of the USS WARD's crewmember
damage from Japanese bombs. The who actually depth charged the Japanese
HELM went on to fight in the War in the sub at 6:45am that morning, just minutes
Pacific including the Battles of Leyte before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. actually began. This could have been a
A few more short stories appear on the warning of what was to come, but no one
map as well: understood it at the time. This is a
reminder that hindsight is always 20-20. It
HICKAM AIRFIELD A total of 139 is a reminder of the dreadful attacks of
people were killed and 303 wounded at 9/11 and how we were surprised that such
Hickam Airfield. However, the base a heinous attack could ever occur. Even if
continued to serve throughout World War we could have understood some of the
II as a critical bridge for American aircraft warning, no one would have believed that
going to and from war zones in the such an attack was imminent. It was not
Pacific. until 9/11/2001 that the generations that
followed World War II could possible
FORT KAMEHAMEHA Pearl Harbor grasp the magnitude of what happened
Channel was protected by Coast Artillery there at Pearl Harbor on December 7,
at Fort Kamehameha, named after 1941. The first shot fired by America is
Hawaii's great warrior and king. Fort described on Franko's Map of Pearl
Weaver across the channel also protected Harbor as follows:
the harbor. However, these defenses were
useless against then famous Japanese air THE FIRST SHOT FIRED BY THE
assault of December 7, 1941. U.S.A. IN WORLD WAR II The
minesweeper USS CONDOR was on
Near the bottom middle of Franko's Map routine patrol off Oahu at 6:45am on
of Pearl Harbor there appears a depiction December 7, 1941. Her crew spotted a
and caption that is very interesting. It is small submarine in restricted waters
about the first shot fired by American in approximately 2.5 nautical miles off the
