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I didn't see any other message about this important date. Okay class, what happened on December 7, 1941?
December 7, 1941
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Infamy
Pearl Harbor of course.....
Pearl Harbor of course.....
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Re: Infamy
Good! Christopher gets an A for the day. Can anyone help him out and tell us a little more about what happened?
christophe said:
Good! Christopher gets an A for the day. Can anyone help him out and tell us a little more about what happened?
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"A date which will live in infamy" ** Sneak attack by the imperial forces of Japan, Sunday morning on our naval, air corps, and marine forces.
7:55 a.m. the first wave of Jap planes began their attack on battleship row, near Ford Island. Several torpedoes struck most of the fleet anchored there. The Maryland, W. Virginia, Nevada took torpedoes and worst hit, the Oklahoma capsized trapping several hundred crewman in her hull. Meanwhile special armored bombs were bracketing the teak decks of the battleships. The Arizona had one of these bombs pass through her deck, and explode her main magazine. The blast folded the Arizona nearly in half, entombing well over 1,ooo of her crew, (including 22 sets of brothers) It was now 0811hrs. The Japs strafed Hickam Field destroying a majority of our air corps planes. They also strafed the general area killing many civilians.
The big mistake the Japs made was to not hit our drydocks, or petroleum reserves. The follow on wave was cancelled as our destruction appeared complete.
Fortune was on our side as our carriers were at sea when the attack came, the Japs were expecting to take out our carriers too. The attack woke up the United States from an almost isolationist mentality, and galvanized it toward defeat of the Japanese, as well as engaging the Germans.
Did I leave anything out?
7:55 a.m. the first wave of Jap planes began their attack on battleship row, near Ford Island. Several torpedoes struck most of the fleet anchored there. The Maryland, W. Virginia, Nevada took torpedoes and worst hit, the Oklahoma capsized trapping several hundred crewman in her hull. Meanwhile special armored bombs were bracketing the teak decks of the battleships. The Arizona had one of these bombs pass through her deck, and explode her main magazine. The blast folded the Arizona nearly in half, entombing well over 1,ooo of her crew, (including 22 sets of brothers) It was now 0811hrs. The Japs strafed Hickam Field destroying a majority of our air corps planes. They also strafed the general area killing many civilians.
The big mistake the Japs made was to not hit our drydocks, or petroleum reserves. The follow on wave was cancelled as our destruction appeared complete.
Fortune was on our side as our carriers were at sea when the attack came, the Japs were expecting to take out our carriers too. The attack woke up the United States from an almost isolationist mentality, and galvanized it toward defeat of the Japanese, as well as engaging the Germans.
Did I leave anything out?
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Starfish said:
Sorry Miss Starfish, but the kamikaze didn't come into being until later in the war. Nice try though, I will give you a B for good effort.
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Lost Cause said:
Did I leave anything out?
No sir! A+ for you today, and I will excuse you for the next homework assignment as well. Excellent answer.
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in the early 1930s, Imperial Japan began to enact a number of expantionist policies, the largest of which was the invasion of Manchuria and, later, China. due to the natural resources contained there, and Japan's home islands' lack of said resources, the Phillipenes(sp?) were a big part of Japan's future plans. unfortunately, the US of A controlled them and, being those pesky foreign devils that they are, would fight Japan should it choose to invade. now, Japanese Naval Admiral Yamamoto knew Japan had nowhere near the power or resources to win against the US in a drawn out conflict, so he concocted a plan that would crush the US pacific fleet in one fell swoop: he would take his aircraft carriers thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean undetected and launch a suprise attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that would coincide with the invasion of the Phillipenes(sp?).
somehow, Yamamoto's carrier group went undetected until it was within striking distance of Pearl in the wee hours of the mornon Sunday, December 7, 1941, a day which will live in infamy, when he launched the first wave of fighters. they came in from the south, attacking both the airfield near Pearl and the fleet docked there. many ships went boom. many sailors went boom. this woke up Ben Affleck and that other guy whose name i forget, who were out on some scenic bluff after fighting the night before over this really hot brunette. they went to the airfield located in the north central part of the island, getting there just in time for the second wave of the attack, which came from the north, striking that airfield before heading on to Pearl Harbor, too. Ben and the other guy got up into the air (this part is true, btw) and shot down 5 japanese planes (confirmed), maybe 6 (one was unconfirmed, naturally).
then, Ben got lost after parachuting into Normandy, and Tom Hanks and his band of brothers had to go and find his ass and bail him out, since all of Ben's brothers were killed in the invasion of Normandy. when they found him, they had to fight some mean Germans, where nearly all of the main cast died and Ben swore to a dying Hanks that he would live a good life b/c the rest of the main cast died to save him.
then Ben and Matt Damon got together and wrote a script for a movie. they went on a hunting trip sponsored by Good Will Ind., or something.
and my mommy and daddy put out a flag....
an..an..and...i watched a bunch of shows on the History Channel...
and... and... and that's what happened 600 years ago, today, December 7.
somehow, Yamamoto's carrier group went undetected until it was within striking distance of Pearl in the wee hours of the mornon Sunday, December 7, 1941, a day which will live in infamy, when he launched the first wave of fighters. they came in from the south, attacking both the airfield near Pearl and the fleet docked there. many ships went boom. many sailors went boom. this woke up Ben Affleck and that other guy whose name i forget, who were out on some scenic bluff after fighting the night before over this really hot brunette. they went to the airfield located in the north central part of the island, getting there just in time for the second wave of the attack, which came from the north, striking that airfield before heading on to Pearl Harbor, too. Ben and the other guy got up into the air (this part is true, btw) and shot down 5 japanese planes (confirmed), maybe 6 (one was unconfirmed, naturally).
then, Ben got lost after parachuting into Normandy, and Tom Hanks and his band of brothers had to go and find his ass and bail him out, since all of Ben's brothers were killed in the invasion of Normandy. when they found him, they had to fight some mean Germans, where nearly all of the main cast died and Ben swore to a dying Hanks that he would live a good life b/c the rest of the main cast died to save him.
then Ben and Matt Damon got together and wrote a script for a movie. they went on a hunting trip sponsored by Good Will Ind., or something.
and my mommy and daddy put out a flag....
an..an..and...i watched a bunch of shows on the History Channel...
and... and... and that's what happened 600 years ago, today, December 7.
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Lost Cause said:"A date which will live in infamy" ** Sneak attack by the imperial forces of Japan, Sunday morning on our naval, air corps, and marine forces.
7:55 a.m. the first wave of Jap planes began their attack on battleship row, near Ford Island. Several torpedoes struck most of the fleet anchored there. The Maryland, W. Virginia, Nevada took torpedoes and worst hit, the Oklahoma capsized trapping several hundred crewman in her hull. Meanwhile special armored bombs were bracketing the teak decks of the battleships. The Arizona had one of these bombs pass through her deck, and explode her main magazine. The blast folded the Arizona nearly in half, entombing well over 1,ooo of her crew, (including 22 sets of brothers) It was now 0811hrs. The Japs strafed Hickam Field destroying a majority of our air corps planes. They also strafed the general area killing many civilians.
The big mistake the Japs made was to not hit our drydocks, or petroleum reserves. The follow on wave was cancelled as our destruction appeared complete.
Fortune was on our side as our carriers were at sea when the attack came, the Japs were expecting to take out our carriers too. The attack woke up the United States from an almost isolationist mentality, and galvanized it toward defeat of the Japanese, as well as engaging the Germans.
Did I leave anything out?
Wow, that was awesome.
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Starfish said:You're right.....
I admit it.. I came to class stoned off my ass.
Now we have talked about this before. Do I need to contact your parents about this little problem of yours? Or should we consider a little corporal punishment?
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sarahuk4 said:
Of course you knew the answer. It is only the American students that would have trouble with American history.
And you my dear may sit on my knee any time you wish.
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scylis
Lets follow up on your answer a little. The United States did a few things to show Japan that we were a little upset with their actions. Can you name one of the things the US did to Japan that caused further ill feelings?
Lets follow up on your answer a little. The United States did a few things to show Japan that we were a little upset with their actions. Can you name one of the things the US did to Japan that caused further ill feelings?
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Elizabeth said:
Yes it was. I hope you were paying attention, this information will be on the semester examination in January.
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sarahuk4 said:
You know perfectly well that your examinations are conducted after class. Please show a little patience.
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Re: Re: scylis
Excellent! You too earn an A+ and are excused from the next homework assignment.
There was something else the USA stopped sending to Japan, anyone know what that was?
gridiron said:
Excellent! You too earn an A+ and are excused from the next homework assignment.
There was something else the USA stopped sending to Japan, anyone know what that was?
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many years earlier...
On 7 December 1887 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America.
I am pretty sure we stopped exporting those little parasols that go in tropical drinks. Hey, you didn't think I'd bump this without an attempt at humor, did you?
On 7 December 1887 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America.
I am pretty sure we stopped exporting those little parasols that go in tropical drinks. Hey, you didn't think I'd bump this without an attempt at humor, did you?
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Sorry, Lukky-- F !
New Jersey was number 3, 18 December 1778/i] (check your quarters, man: DE, PA, NJ. . .) And, I think it was Sinatra 78s, not Crosby (another New Jersey connection--spookky, ain't it?)
LukkyKnight said:
Sorry, Lukky-- F !
New Jersey was number 3, 18 December 1778/i] (check your quarters, man: DE, PA, NJ. . .) And, I think it was Sinatra 78s, not Crosby (another New Jersey connection--spookky, ain't it?)
