In Day Of Infamy Book Summary

The book “Day of Infamy”, was taken place in Pearl Harbor on a Naval Base. Japanese fired over to Pearl Harbor, deadly torpedoes on the soldiers, generals, and civilians of the Pacific fleet. All of these people felt shock, fear, and rage. With all the chaos, thousands of people’s personal stories came together, these were letters, diaries, and interviews. Walter Lord did not focus on the point of other people, but the people who experienced the attack first hand. From the musicians who insisted on finishing “The Star Spangled Banner” before taking cover, to the men trapped in the USS Oklahoma who voted on the means of escape, every story shows the terror and confusion of the chaos, as well as the courage of those who survived. The author’s …show more content…
It is without a doubt a different view of a historical event that often is reported only from the masterminds. Walter Lord defiantly brings the attack on Pearl Harbor to life with his inspiring human look at Day of Infamy.
In Day of Infamy, Walter Lord traces down every single detail of the people witnessing the great attack. They ranged from the spies behind it, to the housewives and the children who responded to the attack with such anger, numbness, and tremendous courage. This helped the book and Lord’s argument by giving the reader the words of the witnesses, like a biography of the people’s experience.
An astonishing way Lord wrote the book is by his major detailed minute-by-minute play on the account of the attack. Ignoring all of discrepancy and any finger pointing, Lord simply reconstructs that day as best as he could, to condone this tragedy of the people who witnessed this event. The author’s thoroughness is incredible. He interviewed hundreds of participants, both Japanese and American, and their reminiscence gives the story an extraordinary depth of intimacy and immediacy. This is very positive for Lord’s argument in his book to give an emotional appeal to the