The intervals are found at the beginning of each entry as seen in the excerpts below. To maintain an accurate description of events as they happened, the assigned officer placed entries into the log every four hours. Roosevelt said would "live in infamy"-started out routinely, as the deck logs show. The day-the one that President Franklin D. And they provide some insight into the events of the day-before, during, and after the attack- through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
Navy's ships and stations compiled from 1941 to 1978. These are firsthand accounts from the logbooks of the U.S. Before the day was over, 2,403 Americans were dead, and our Pacific Fleet was in ruins.Įven in this time of crisis, however, records were being created on board the ships docked in Pearl Harbor-records that are now part of the holdings of the National Archives. Suddenly, planes bearing the red sun swept in, and the bombing began. Separating myth from reality about who knew what before the Pearl Harbor attack.Ī sighting of unidentified planes by radar station operators minutes before the attack was discounted by an officer at the command center headquarters, squandering time that could have been used to prepare defenses.How Japan's plan for a decisive naval battle with the United States fell into the hands of the Navy.President Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech asking for a declaration of war against Japan.
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