“Let us not forget the lessons of Pearl Harbor and that deterring war is better than fighting one. They thought they could capitalize on our weaknesses. However, the Japanese thought they had no recourse but to attack America on that infamous day in 1941. There were many studies that showed the United States would prevail in any war with Japan, and we thought the Japanese leadership would not provoke a disaster on themselves. Pacific Fleet, Honolulu county, southern Oahu Island, Hawaii, U.S. “We cannot assume other nations think or operate the same we do. Pearl Harbor, naval base and headquarters of the U.S. Japan dispatched all six of his precious fleet carriers across 3,000 miles of open ocean in total secrecy, with the fleet arriving a few hundred miles north of. It was also a piece of skilled military planning, the work of Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto. The Japanese perfected the use aircraft carriers and torpedo technology that enabled them to be used in the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor in ways we did not anticipate. Pearl Harbor was a great gamble for Japan, and especially for the Imperial Japanese Navy. A strong military deters aggression and perceived weakness invites a bully. The lessons from Pearl Harbor remain valid today. Frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from onboard USS Solace (AH-5) (80-G-K-13512). We went on to win the war, but the loss of life was horrific. USS Arizona (BB-39) ablaze, immediately following the explosion of her forward magazines, 7 December 1941. HPU Pearl Harbor is one of Hawaii Pacific Universitys (HPU) six Military Campus programs campuses, found eleven miles from the Universitys downtown. “The day that will ‘live in infamy’ occurred 81 years ago. The surprise attack by Japan killed 2,403 Americans and destroyed or severely damaged 19 ships. Don Bacon (NE-02) today released the following statement in honor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred December 7, 1941.
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