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Show HiUtopv? December 7, 2000 urvivor, historian recall Pear! Harbor attack S position 230 miles north of Oahu. Seven by Airman 1st Class of the Pacific Fleets nine battleships were tied up along Battleship Row on the southeast shore of Ford Island. The first wave of Japanese aircraft arrived over the target areas shortly before 7:55 a.m. Jennifer Thompson Base Wing Public Affairs 15th Air HICKAM AFB, Hawaii (AFPN) It was a day of unforeseeable tragedy. A day of countless broken dreams and needless broken hearts. A day that As any bugler would be, I was beside will live in infamy. my captain on the bridge of the USS On a bright Sunday morning on Dec. West Virginia when I heard the Japan7, 1941, no one suspected anything ese aircraft approaching they were out of the ordinary. Yet, when the Japanattacking us before we even knew who ese made a surprise attack on island they were, said Richard Fiske, assigned of Oahu, now known as the attack on to the USS West Virginia Marine DetachPearl Harbor, in less than a few hours ment, 7th Marine Division M. more than 2,000 American lives were The USS West Virginia, 50 lost and just as many were injured and feet behind the USS Arizona,nearly was one wounded. of the first ships fired at that morning. A decade of communication breakFiske witnessed one of the first fataldowns between the Japanese and U.S. ities onboard his captain was hit by governments preceded the attack. The enemy fire and died within minutes. breakdowns began when Japanese As any boy would be, I army extremists, in defiance of gov- was scared after I figured out what ernment policy, invaded and overran was going on, he said. But once I the northernmost Chinese providence realized my captain was dead, that fear of Manchuria. Japan ignored Ameriwas replaced with anger and I looked e can protests and launched a for any weapon I could get my hands attack on the rest of China. on. There werent any weapons availThe U.S. applied diplomatic and able except the four or five on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit to to resolve we pressures try are spraying fire kept with us on the bridge. The rest by a Japanese bomb. At left, men on the stern of the USS Tennessee e ld full-scal- eco-nom- the ic 50-calib- (BB-4- conflict, but the Japanese viewed these measures as were down below a frustration Im not sure I could ever fully express. Sino-Japanes- threats. The objective of the Pearl Har- The first torpedo to hit us knocked our electricity out, he said. We had bor attack was to immobilize the Pacific Fleet so the U.S. couldnt interfere with Japans invasion plans. Early on that Dec. 7 morning the nine torpedo hits and two bombs dropped on us. The two bombs didnt explode. Instead, they fell through the deck Japanese ships reached their launch r c and landed next to our fuel supply. I greasestages T& ir Restaurant Please make your I HOLIDAY & NEW YEAR'S EVE RESERVATIONS Comprehensive Credit Center Establish or cmmiinvtssi Reestablish Call me for details BANQUET ROOMS AVAILABLE- - GIFT CERTIFICA TES Dinner: TONY DIVING Bunrn mmi min nln G mum (murnitl ( nnkmi; in Old Wnld Alwinplicre -- utes. We went down fast because everything was open. We were getting ready for the admirals inspection that morning. The timing was incredible. Imag ine that ... being attacked right before an admirals inspection. Fiske wasnt the only Pearl Harbor survivor in his family. His father Frank Fiske, was the Navy chief commissary steward on the USS Tanger at Pearl See Attack, page B5 RESTAURANT & CANTINA German Specialties, Steaks, thicken, Seafood, Pasta and Vegetarian Dinners i hap- pened if those bombs had detonated. 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