December 8, 1941: MacArthur's Pearl Harbor

Contents

Contents Foreword฀by฀Lt.฀Gen.฀Joseph฀H.฀Moore,฀USAF฀(Ret.)฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 3 Preface ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 7 Acknowledgments ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀11 Prologue:฀“Seize฀This฀Golden฀Opportunity”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀15 Part฀I:฀“By฀God,฀It฀Is฀Destiny฀That฀Brings฀Me฀Here!” ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀33 1.฀฀ “They฀Have฀Really฀Ripped฀the฀th฀All฀to฀Hell”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀45 2.฀฀ “A฀Troop฀of฀Boy฀Scouts฀Flying฀Kites฀Could฀Take฀These฀Damned฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ Islands”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀61 3.฀฀ “They฀Will฀Be฀Shot฀Down฀as฀Fast฀as฀They฀Are฀Put฀in฀the฀Air”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 70 Part฀II:฀“If฀We฀Make฀Our฀Attack฀Now,฀the฀War฀Is฀Not฀Hopeless” ฀฀฀91 4.฀“Why฀Send฀Over฀These฀Ninety-Day฀Wonders?”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀106 5.฀“The฀Creation฀of฀the฀Five-Engine฀Bomber฀Has฀฀ Completely฀Changed฀the฀Strategy฀in฀the฀Pacific”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 130 6.฀“Feasibility฀of฀Direct฀Attack฀on฀Luzon฀in฀the฀Philippines”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 153 Part฀III:฀“The฀Inability฀of฀an฀Enemy฀to฀Launch฀His฀Air฀Attack฀on฀ These฀Islands฀Is฀Our฀Greatest฀Security” ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀179 7.฀“We฀Are฀Going฀Much฀Too฀Far฀on฀the฀Offensive฀Side”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀197 8.฀“Struck฀by฀Its฀Resemblance฀to฀a฀Railroad฀Timetable”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀228 ฀fm 4/2/03,฀1:02฀PM 7 Part฀IV:฀“I฀Shall฀Die฀Only฀for฀the฀Emperor,฀I฀Shall฀ Never฀Look฀Back” ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 255 ฀9.฀“What฀a฀Fog!”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀264 10.฀“Go฀Get฀’Em!”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀291 11.฀“Navy,฀Hell,฀It’s฀the฀Japs!” ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 311 12.฀“Whatever฀ You฀Do,฀Don’t฀Get฀under฀the฀Damned฀Truck!”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀341 13.฀“All฀We’ve฀Got฀Left฀Is฀the฀Key฀to฀the฀Airplane”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 358 14.฀“What฀Is฀the฀Matter฀with฀the฀Enemy?”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀382 Epilogue ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀409 Appendix฀A.฀Japanese฀Naval฀Air฀Strength฀for฀the฀ Philippines฀Operation,฀December฀8,฀1941 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀425 Appendix฀B.฀Japanese฀Army฀Air฀Strength฀for฀the฀ Philippines฀Operation,฀Formosa,฀December฀8,฀1941฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀426 Appendix฀C.฀Far฀East฀Air฀Force฀Strength฀in฀the฀ Philippines,฀December฀8,฀1941 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀427 Appendix฀D.฀Order฀of฀Battle,฀Tainan฀Kōkūtai, ฀Tainan,฀Formosa,฀December฀8,฀1941฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀428 Appendix฀E.฀Order฀of฀Battle,฀3d฀Kōkūtai, ฀Takao,฀Formosa,฀December฀8,฀1941 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀430 Appendix฀F.฀Officers฀of฀the฀24th฀Pursuit฀Group,฀ December฀8,฀1941 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀432 Appendix฀G.฀Officers฀of฀the฀19th฀Bomb฀Group฀(Heavy),฀ December฀8,฀1941 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀435 Appendix฀H.฀Far฀East฀Air฀Force฀Personnel฀Killed฀in฀Action,฀ December฀8,฀1941 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀439 Appendix฀I.฀B-17s฀of฀the฀19th฀Bomb฀Group฀(Heavy),฀ December฀8,฀1941 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀442 Appendix฀J.฀Japanese฀Naval฀Terminology ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀443 Notes฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀445 Sources฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀505 Index ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 533 viii Contents ฀fm 4/2/03,฀1:02฀PM 8 DECEMBER 8, 1941 ฀foreward 4/2/03,฀1:02฀PM 1 ฀foreward 4/2/03,฀1:02฀PM 2 ...