Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor; Over 2,000 Killed
It was December 7, 1941 at 7:48 a.m. It was starting out as a nice day until tragedy struck, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. There were 353 Japanese fighter planes, bombers and torpedo planes. They were launched in 2 waves from 6 aircraft carriers. They damaged all eight of the U.S. battleships. Four of them sunk, all of which were later raised except the Arizona. Six of the battleships were returned to battle. The Oklahoma was too damaged to return to battle immediately. But the battleships weren’t the only losses: three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and a minelayer were either destroyed or damaged. 188 U.S. aircrafts were destroyed. We lost 2,403 Americans with 1,178 more wounded. But the power station, shipyard, maintenance, fuel and torpedo storage facilities, submarine …show more content…
This happened after the 3 month Battle of Bataan. The POWs were weakened by disease and hunger before they ever started the 65 mile march. On the trek, they were treated harshly. They were hunted for sport. They were beaten and dragged behind trucks with a rope tied around their neck. They were made to sit in the sun for long periods of time without shade. They received almost no water or food and if they asked for water, they were killed. When they reached San Fernando, they were put into boxcars to travel to Capas. The boxcars were made to hold 30-40 men and they put about 115 men in each boxcar. This made more die from suffocation and heat exhaustion. From Capas they walked further to Camp O’Donnell. Here they emptied their possessions and if they had anything Japanese, they were shot immediately. Thousands perished on this march. 2,500 to 10,000 Filipinos and 100 to 650 American POWs died before they ever reach their final destination of Camp
It was December 7, 1941 at 7:48 a.m. It was starting out as a nice day until tragedy struck, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. There were 353 Japanese fighter planes, bombers and torpedo planes. They were launched in 2 waves from 6 aircraft carriers. They damaged all eight of the U.S. battleships. Four of them sunk, all of which were later raised except the Arizona. Six of the battleships were returned to battle. The Oklahoma was too damaged to return to battle immediately. But the battleships weren’t the only losses: three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and a minelayer were either destroyed or damaged. 188 U.S. aircrafts were destroyed. We lost 2,403 Americans with 1,178 more wounded. But the power station, shipyard, maintenance, fuel and torpedo storage facilities, submarine …show more content…
This happened after the 3 month Battle of Bataan. The POWs were weakened by disease and hunger before they ever started the 65 mile march. On the trek, they were treated harshly. They were hunted for sport. They were beaten and dragged behind trucks with a rope tied around their neck. They were made to sit in the sun for long periods of time without shade. They received almost no water or food and if they asked for water, they were killed. When they reached San Fernando, they were put into boxcars to travel to Capas. The boxcars were made to hold 30-40 men and they put about 115 men in each boxcar. This made more die from suffocation and heat exhaustion. From Capas they walked further to Camp O’Donnell. Here they emptied their possessions and if they had anything Japanese, they were shot immediately. Thousands perished on this march. 2,500 to 10,000 Filipinos and 100 to 650 American POWs died before they ever reach their final destination of Camp