Attack on Pearl Harbor

On the Morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. They were led by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The American naval base was caught completely off guard. The Japanese bombed the Americans relentlessly, resulting in 18 sunk and damaged ships, about 2,400 Americans killed, and over 1,000 wounded. This attack resulted in the United States declaring war on Japan the following day.

In my mind, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a gruesome act of war. To launch a surprise attack a country that was neutral during the beginning of the war was an act that cried out for not only retaliation, but revenge. If I were at Pearl Harbor during the time of the attack, I know I would want nothing but revenge on the Nation of Japan. America got its revenge on Japan with the dropping of two atomic bombs in 1945.