Eyewitness to Infamy: An Oral History of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of almost every American, and began the process of putting 17 million of them in uniform to fight in World War II. Yet in the long and fascinating body of literature about this terrible event, most historians have neglected the compelling and moving accounts of the surviving military personnel and civilians who were on Oahu at the time of the attack, at dawn on December 7, 1941.

Eyewitness to Infamy is their story—the astonishing oral history of the brutal attack that pushed the United States into WWII on the side of the Allies. With the help of the Pearl Harbor Survivors’ Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion, Paul Travers collected more than 200 eyewitness accounts from which he painstakingly selected those critical to this behind-the-scenes narrative account.
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Eyewitness to Infamy: An Oral History of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of almost every American, and began the process of putting 17 million of them in uniform to fight in World War II. Yet in the long and fascinating body of literature about this terrible event, most historians have neglected the compelling and moving accounts of the surviving military personnel and civilians who were on Oahu at the time of the attack, at dawn on December 7, 1941.

Eyewitness to Infamy is their story—the astonishing oral history of the brutal attack that pushed the United States into WWII on the side of the Allies. With the help of the Pearl Harbor Survivors’ Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion, Paul Travers collected more than 200 eyewitness accounts from which he painstakingly selected those critical to this behind-the-scenes narrative account.
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Eyewitness to Infamy: An Oral History of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

Eyewitness to Infamy: An Oral History of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

by Paul Joseph Travers
Eyewitness to Infamy: An Oral History of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

Eyewitness to Infamy: An Oral History of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

by Paul Joseph Travers

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Overview

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of almost every American, and began the process of putting 17 million of them in uniform to fight in World War II. Yet in the long and fascinating body of literature about this terrible event, most historians have neglected the compelling and moving accounts of the surviving military personnel and civilians who were on Oahu at the time of the attack, at dawn on December 7, 1941.

Eyewitness to Infamy is their story—the astonishing oral history of the brutal attack that pushed the United States into WWII on the side of the Allies. With the help of the Pearl Harbor Survivors’ Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion, Paul Travers collected more than 200 eyewitness accounts from which he painstakingly selected those critical to this behind-the-scenes narrative account.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493023431
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 10/01/2016
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul J. Travers received a B.A. from the University of Maryland and an M.A. from Pepperdine University. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an amphibious armor officer. A former historian for the Maryland Park Service, he is the author of The Patapsco River: Baltimore’s River of History.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1

Preface 3

Introduction 33

Pearl Harbor: Geographical and Historical Background 35

The Battle of Pearl Harbor: The Official Account of the US Navy 39

7 December 1941: The Day of Infamy

On the Island

Mapping a Tropical Forest William Showen 55

Military Intelligence Gerald M. VanDyke 64

Radar Reconnaissance Richard Schimmel 71

Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Field Hugh Law Albert Glenn 76

Hickam Field Nicholas Gaynos William Rolfe 85

Ford Island Harry Mead 94

CinCPac Headquarters Walter Hoffland 103

Coastal Artillery Roy Blick Alex Cobb 108

The Punchbowl W. J. Walker 117

Semper Fidelis James Arion Jenkins 122

Inside the Inferno John Kuzma 127

An Outpatient Don Jones 133

An Inpatient Howard Ward 137

A Nurse's Station Myrtle Watson 142

Taking a Prisoner Irvin Knipp 147

A Civilian Reports David Thompson 151

Battleship Row

The USS Neosho Earl Allen 158

The USS Maryland Carl Whitaker 162

The USS Oklahoma William M. Hobby 168

The USS Tennessee Jimmy Anders M. Joseph McDonald 174

The USS Arizona John Rampley 185

The USS Vestal Bill Steedly 191

The USS Nevada Joseph Taussig 196

The Navy Yard

The USS Shaw William Leckemby 202

The USS Oglala Robert Hudson 208

The USS Helena Ted Blahnik 214

The USS Rigel Ed Seiser 218

The USS Cummings Bert Rogers 226

The USS Honolulu Cal Fields 231

The USS Tautog Bill Seach 237

The USS Pelias Kenneth Klem Frederick Curnow 244

Around the Harbor

The USS Solace Ed Johann 251

The USS Phoenix William Rush 255

The USS Dobbin E.J. Abrisch 264

The USS Warden John Beasley 269

The USS MacDonough George Patterson 275

The USS Selfridge Henry Wrubel 282

The USS Utah Mehin Bacon 287

The USS Curtiss Wallace Brown 292

8 December 1941: The Day After

Waildki: Securing the First Beachhead Herman J. Travers 299

Cleaning Up the Navy Yard Malburne Peabody 305

Burying the Dead Melvin Faulkner 312

A Reunion Lloyd Johnson 316

About the Author 329

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