The explosion was so large that it blew out the flames on the ship next to the arizona, which was burning like a concussion would blow out a match. Car engines on ford island stalled from the concussion. It knocked everyone flat on some of the surrounding ships. The fuel oil that in anly goes out everywhere. And this stuff is heavy oil, andit's instantly all in the water. So as survivors jump in to try to escape the devastation, in some places, this is six inches thick of oil in the water."
Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond. And then Dec 7, 1941 arrives...