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The Japanese prepare to attack - 6:10 AM
The first wave of Japanese bombers took off and set their destination for Oahu -
Battleship USS Ward Fires on a Japanese Submarine - 6:45 AM
Destroyer USS Ward takes the first sight of a Japanese midget submarine at the entrance of Pearl Harbor and fires -
Radar Ignorance - 7:02 AM
The Opana Mobile Radar Station in Oahu picked up on incoming Japanese ships, but when reported their higherups told them to "not worry about it" -
The First Wave - 7:55 AM
The first wave of Japanese attack planes began to drop their first set of torpedo's above Pearl Harbor to mainly target battleships, aircrafts, stations, and bases. -
USS Arizona Goes Down - 8:06 AM
One of the torpedo's crashed through the forward magazine, causing the ship to detonate and resulting in the death of 1177 crew members. -
The Second Wave - 8:53 AM
The second wave of attack was to mainly focus on fuel storage areas, the Navy yard, and repair shops; however, USS Nevada broke free from Battleship Row and happened to divert some of the planes, saving some of these specified areas. -
The Wheeler Air Field was Bombed
More than 300 aircrafts that were parked closely together were destroyed or damaged from the attack -
Ford Island Seaplane Based Attacked
Another attempt and attack that was aimed specifically to take out more aircrafts and destroyers -
Relief Attempts Finally Begin
After the attacks finally ended US forces began rescue attempts and sought out to put out fires that were caused during the attack -
What Happened After
Within the two hour attack 2,403 Americans were killed and 129 sailors and airmen from Japan also perished -
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The Attack