Tuesday, December 2, 1941 : In the Pacific, Japanese forces receive a coded message “climb Mount Niitaka” confirming negotiations have broken down with the U.S. and to continue on course to Pearl Harbor.

Saturday, December 6, 1941Dear Diary, My day off Sunday, December 7, boy I guess I”™ll sleep till about 9 then I am going around the island.

Sunday, December 7, 1941 : The Japanese forces deployed nearly 400 aircraft from six carriers from an undetected position 200 miles north of Oahu, attacking the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor. The attack came as a complete surprise. TIME CAPSULE: Air raid on Pearl Harbor X This Is No Drill The first message about…

Sunday, December 7, 1941 – 06:15Many citizens of Honolulu remained unaware of the true state of affairs for at least an hour after the attack began. Accustomed to the roar of aircraft and explosions from Army and Navy exercises, they accepted the racket as no more than unusually realistic maneuvers. The radio warnings were not…

Sunday, December 7, 1941 – 07:45Dear Diary,I find out we are being attacked, yup the rising sun rose. We all went on duty and got our instructions. Make dressings till noon.

Sunday, December 7, 1941 -11:30Dear Diary, I was eating lunch when a bomb dropped near our home, wrecking a Jap store and a number of houses. Our dishes went up in the air and me under the table, where I wouldn”™t be alone. It”™s interesting under a table. Oh yeah, I have just climbed out…

Monday, December 8, 1941Dear Diary,So we find our rooms and I slept like a log with all my clothes on until about 3 a.m. when the anti-air craft guns began their pounding at Pearl Harbor, it looks like a Fourth of July celebration, only not so thrilling. The planes are now soaring over, action starts,…

Wednesday, December 10, 1941Dear Diary, I received a call from the War Department asking for my services. Gee was I tickled, so I said you bet, anytime. So I am now on needles and pins. When and where will I go and won”™t I ever hear about Jr? One tells me the Maryland went down,…

Thursday, December 11, 1941 : Mussolini and Hitler declare war on the U.S. America declares war on Italy and Germany.