Some of the things mentioned in the articles were of interest as well, especially considering the confusion.
"RAIDERS BLAST HONOLULU, AIR AND NAVY BASES"
"Cannonading offshore indicated a naval engagement in progress." there was no ship-to-ship engagements. This possibly might have been depth charges being dropped by navy ships on suspected Japanese submarines.
A Berlin broadcast said that the USS West Virginia was sunk and the USS Oklahoma on fire in an "engagement between the Japanese and the American and the British navies." Again, there was no British involvement and naval ships did not fire at each other.
A Panamanian short wave broadcast "stated a Japanese aircraft carrier had been sunk off the Hawaiian coast." Unfortunately, no.
Another article stated that an "estimated 194 soldiers were killed and 300 wounded in repeated bombing raids on Hawaii." Other attacks were made on the Philippines and island of Guam.
A Scary Time.
No comments:
Post a Comment