THESISIn the early 1940s, such a premeditated and yet so atrocious event struck our nation's Pacific Ocean. The state of Hawaii and its famous port were victimized and bloodied as the skies rained with munitions and kamikaze fighter jets. Many members of the armed forces have asked themselves just one question. What would come next? While the United States of America and the Empire of Japan demonstrated at the time that the two sides had their differences, no one could have ever expected an event of this magnitude to occur. . SPEECH BY MR. PRESIDENT Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will remain infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the navy. The crew members on board the ships were lost with no idea of ​​what was happening at first. “It was the morning of December 7, 1941 around 8 a.m. and I was sleeping on my bunk when the first wave of bombs started. At first I thought the navy was maneuvering, but then I looked out the window and saw the Japanese planes with the red ball painted on their wings. (Harrington) Throughout the attacks, sailors and airmen, drawn from all over the island of Hawaii, were on immediate alert. As bombs, bullets and torpedoes began to fall on the ships in the harbor, soldiers of the American armed forces began to return fire. As the ships and planes began to fight, the Japanese began to fight harder. It was evident that the Japanese fighter pilots had no intention of returning from this mission, as planes soon began firing from the sky and fixing their point of impact on the ships. Besides the numerous 550-pound general-purpose bombs, one of the most damaging acts committed by the Japanese against our gunships during this era was the 1,800-pound weapon that fell from the clouds and directly hit one of the now famous American ships below. , the USS Arizona. It hit the bridge hard and landed in the ammunition magazine where ammunition is stored. The warship soon exploded with a fierce fireball and sank to the bottom of the harbor. More than a thousand sailors lost their lives as they too met their end with their ship at the bottom of the harbor in the Pacific Ocean. During the attacks, 18 American ships suffered damage and nearly 300 aircraft suffered major impacts. The most devastating statistic is the number of fallen service members who died or were injured in this attack. Nearly 2,500 soldiers lost their lives and another 1,000 were injured during this period. Of all the ships that suffered damage, all but two