sserted Representative William P. Lambertson of Kansas on December 4, 1941. “No man is getting more fun out of dictatorship than Franklin Roosevelt. He shows from way back that he likes war.”” (Pearl Harbor the Verdict of History, Prange 19)“On the morning of December 7, the nets were opened to allow a navy cargo ship, the USS Antares, to enter the harbor; as the attack began, a Japanese midget sub managed to sneak through.” (Arroyo 21) “As the first wave of (Japanese) planes neared Barber’s Point on Oahu, Lieutenant Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, chosen to lead the first wave of the attack, radioed back to the carriers: “Tora! Tora! Tora!” (“Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!”) The now famous code words meant the Japanese had caught the U.S. fleet completely by surprise. Incredibly, the signal was heard on Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship, the Nagato, at anchor in Japan’s Inland Sea.” (Arroyo 30) “It was early Sunday morning on Oahu. The early risers who heard planes overhead assumed they were part of U.S. Army or Navy maneuvers. At Kaneohe Naval Air Station, the post medical officer, Lieutenant Commander H.P. McCrimmon, was at his office wondering, as many others would that morning, why the Sunday paper hadn’t been delivered yet. He looked out the window and saw three planes flying in close formation at tree-top height, firing machine guns. It wasn’t until black smoke and flames began erupting from the parked planes and hangers that McCrimmon realized what was happening.” (Arroyo 32) The people in Pearl Harbor could not believe what was happening the Japanese had caught them completely off guard. “In Washington the shock and surprise over the Japanese attack, although in a different order, were as great as in Hawaii. The First reaction of both military and civilization leaders was incredulity. When informed that the Japanese had att...
