Pearl Harbor, Part 2 of 3
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Pearl Harbor Is Protected by Torpedo Nets
In every thought pearl harbor had immunity in that sense that it was too shallow. But in the summer of 19 forty one, washington said, you know, the enemy is making improvements in the shallowness of torpedoes. You should not assume that your harbor is immune from that. Kimmell pretty much ignored it. He didn't change anything as a result of the fact that he now had a harbor that was perhaps not as protected as he and leaping forward on december seventh,. The vast amount of damage done to the fleet was done by airdrop torpedoes that didn't bury themselves in the mud, but ran across the harbor and into the sides of eight battleships.
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