Pearl Harbor, Part 2 of 3
Short History Of...
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The Japanese Navy Survives the Harper Attack
Pilot, officer ishi saburo completes his bombing raid on ahu and sets off back to bas it's 230 miles to his aircraft carrier called the soryu. Saburo radios the ship, asking for a location. The radio operator receives the message in horror. He has his orders. No outgoing messages for 12 days. Radio silence has kept the fleet hidden and protected. Naval intelligence is scanning the air wave. Any outgoing message from the aircraft carrier would be like sending up a flare. It's barely lunch time, but the sky is dark under plumes of black smoke. Carcases of sea planes smoulder on ford island. In the water, the upturned hull of
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