Remembering Pearl Harbor

[Brakie]

Walter Lord wrote a excellent book based on first person memories titled "Day of Infamy .

While several lines sticks out this is my favorite..

"Look! Here comes one of the red team planes".."They even painted red circles on the planes!" :o
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There was some on battleship row thought it was just another training exercise.

Some Army supply sergeants wouldn't issue ammo without the proper paper work and when they did it may be the wrong ammo..

A range finder stood by his gun waiting for his gun crew-they never showed up.

And on it went in the first few perilous minutes of the attack and those minutes was costly especially on battleship row and the Army airfields.