Youre looking at film shot 75 years ago on the morning of december 7th, 1941 when warplanes from fixed japanese Aircraft Carriers targeted the u. S. Pacific fleet at pearl harbor. Almost 4,400 killed, 1,200 wounded. The next two hours here on American History tv we will be joined by historians on fact on pearl bore. We have three ways to join the discussion. 2027408900. For those world war ii veterans 20274 202748902. Send us a tweet and we look forward to your comments on facebook. Com cspanhistory. Joining us from new york city on the first hour of our program is ian toll, the author of pacific crews bell, war at sea in the pacific, 1941 to 1942 which looks at the war in the pacific from pearl harbor to midway. Welcome to American History tv. And ill start by asking you how pearl harbor changed the course of history. Well, in many ways. I could probably go on the whole hour just answering that one question. It is is fair to say that pearl harbor is the central event in the history of
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the pearl harbor attack, and the u. S. Entry into world war ii. Hear from survivors who were stationed at honolulu in 1941. The National Park service conducted the oral history. This is about one hour. We were in the hurricane for nine days coming over from san diego. You have a rather green crew. We got into honolulu, and senator Scott Liberty and some of us got liberty. , and i walkedxi across the street. I ordered a soda. The lady said you are from the uss ward. She said how do you know . Ship,s ward was the guard part of Destroyer Division 80. It consisted of four old destroyers. We rotated duty guarding the Entrance Channel to pearl harbor. The regulations were that on all the charts of the world with an indication that no submarine must approach pearl harbor within 100 miles without coming to the surface and requesting a destroyer effort escort on the surface to approaching closer to honolulu or pearl harbor. We had oftentimes been called t
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the pearl harbor attack, and the u. S. Entry into world war ii. Hear from survivors who were stationed at honolulu in 1941. The National Park service conducted the oral history. This is about one hour. We were in the hurricane for nine days coming over from san diego. You have a rather green crew. We got into honolulu, and senator Scott Liberty and some of us got liberty. , and i walkedxi across the street. I ordered a soda. The lady said you are from the uss ward. She said how do you know . Ship,s ward was the guard part of Destroyer Division 80. It consisted of four old destroyers. We rotated duty guarding the Entrance Channel to pearl harbor. The regulations were that on all the charts of the world with an indication that no submarine must approach pearl harbor within 100 miles without coming to the surface and requesting a destroyer effort escort on the surface to approaching closer to honolulu or pearl harbor. We had oftentimes been called t
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the pearl harbor attack, and the u. S. Entry into world war ii. Hear from survivors who were stationed at honolulu in 1941. The National Park service conducted the oral history. This is about one hour. We were in the hurricane for nine days coming over from san diego. You have a rather green crew. We got into honolulu, and senator Scott Liberty and some of us got liberty. , and i walkedxi across the street. I ordered a soda. The lady said you are from the uss ward. She said how do you know . Ship,s ward was the guard part of Destroyer Division 80. It consisted of four old destroyers. We rotated duty guarding the Entrance Channel to pearl harbor. The regulations were that on all the charts of the world with an indication that no submarine must approach pearl harbor within 100 miles without coming to the surface and requesting a destroyer effort escort on the surface to approaching closer to honolulu or pearl harbor. We had oftentimes been called t
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the pearl harbor attack, and the u. S. Entry into world war ii. Hear from survivors who were stationed at honolulu in 1941. The National Park service conducted the oral history. This is about one hour. We were in the hurricane for nine days coming over from san diego. You have a rather green crew. We got into honolulu, and senator Scott Liberty and some of us got liberty. , and i walkedxi across the street. I ordered a soda. The lady said you are from the uss ward. She said how do you know . Ship,s ward was the guard part of Destroyer Division 80. It consisted of four old destroyers. We rotated duty guarding the Entrance Channel to pearl harbor. The regulations were that on all the charts of the world with an indication that no submarine must approach pearl harbor within 100 miles without coming to the surface and requesting a destroyer effort escort on the surface to approaching closer to honolulu or pearl harbor. We had oftentimes been called t