i m here at pearl harbor. welcome to war soirz. it was right here at 7:55 on sunday december 7th, 1941 that the empire of japan launched the savage surprise attack on u.s. forces in the pacific. when it was over 2,403 americans were dead, 21 warships were sunk or damaged, and six air fields had been bombed. but what many do not know is that it wasn t just an air raid. the japanese imperial navy also planned to attack the u.s. pacific fleet with a secret weapon five midget submarines. fortunately, their attack was foiled. in part by the alert response of uss ward, an old destroyer manned by a reserve navy crew. for more than 60 years members of the ward maintained that they had sunk one of the japanese midget subs shortly before the air attack began. yet no evidence could ever be found to prove their claim. then on august 28th, 2002 just a few miles outside the mouth of pearl harbor a research submarine from the hawaii undersea research laboratory had a discovery that
museum with the pacific war fredericksbu fredericksburg, texas. fredericksburg, texas. within hours of the attack on pearl harbor, attacked philippines and guam and also set sites 2,000 miles west of hon honolulu known as wake island. a handful of soldiers and about a thousand civilian contractors looked like an easy target for the japanese. they were dead wrong. outgunned, they battled back for 16 games against imperial japan. tonight meet the heroes of the battle for wake island who took on japan. in late 1936 pan american air waves, mammoth luxurious boats began carrying their wealthy clientel across the passive to the orient and australia. needing to refuel along the way one of their stops was an island called wake island. they did have the wake island hote ohn theou ahor of e baleor keisand. eopl wou comout and enjoy great food at the hotel. spend the rest of their day in their stop over walking around and realizing there s not a heck of a lot on this place. that
hesitate. a kayaker stuck in the spin cycle. and a street performer with the tools for the trick. he s proving it s a real nail. see if he can pull off the old human block head. what people do to make a buck. you guys are about to see sticky fingers paraded all over your computer screen. this first one, 29-year-old haley adams walking into this bedroom. she s looking around looks like she s up to no good doesn t it? slinking around. she s doing the, if i step quietly and crouch down a bit, no one will see me not even the camera. this is the bedroom of 89-year-old william tanner. this woman is the mother of tanner s great-grandchildren. she s stealing from him. gross. the reason, there s a camera in the bedroom, tanner s daughter started note thissing his mummy went missing over a 12 month period. how did you steal from someone you consider family members. when you take it from there. you take video to police. that s what the family did. and this woma
cycle. and a street performer with the tools for the trick. he s proving it s a real nail. see if he can pull off the old human block head. what people do to make a buck. you guys are about to see sticky fingers paraded all over your computer screen. this first one, 29-year-old haley adams walking into this bedroom. she s looking around looks like she s up to no good doesn t it? slinking around. she s doing the, if i step quietly and crouch down a bit, no one will see me not even the camera. this is the bedroom of 89-year-old william tanner. this woman is the mother of tanner s great-grandchildren. she s stealing from him. gross. the reason, there s a camera in the bedroom, tanner s daughter started note thissing his mummy went missing over a 12 month period. how did you steal from someone you consider family members. when you take it from there. you take video to police. that s what the family did. and this woman has been convicted of theft. she will
parachuting. meet the beautiful couple just built for instagram. you guys are about to see sticky fingers paraded all over your computer screen. this first one, 29-year-old haley adams walking into this bedroom. she s looking around. looks like she s up to no good. sneaking around. she s doing the if i step quietly and crouch down no one will see me. this is the bedroom of 89-year-old william tanner. this woman is the mother of tanner s great grandchildren. she s stealing from him? that is gross. the reason there s a camera in this bedroom, tanner s daughter started noticing that his money was missing. often, over a 12-month period. how do you do that? how do you steal from someone you consider your family member? where do you take it from there? you take the video to police. that s exactly what the family did and this woman has been convicted of theft. she will no longer be able to go to the house, obviously. she s got six months worth of community service an