World War II through the Eyes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

World War II through the Eyes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt — page 5
Knox shared with Roosevelt the telegram he had received from Pearl Harbor It said AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR THIS IS NO DRILL Hopkins thought it was probably incorrect information Roosevelt was not so sure He began to gather his cabinet and military leaders Meanwhile Roosevelt’s secretary Grace Tully was taking calls from the US Navy Officers provided updates on the events at Pearl Harbor Roosevelt was PERSPECTIVES Shot Down Clarence E Dickenson was in the US Navy in 1941 He was flying on a routine mission near Pearl Harbor on December 7 Before he knew it a Japanese fighter shot and damaged his plane Dickenson ejected from the aircraft His parachute brought him down safely near Pearl Harbor There were curious tremors underfoot Those were the bombs It seemed too as if many carpets were being beaten That was machine-gun fire he wrote in The Saturday Evening Post Within minutes Dickenson reunited with others from his squad who had survived 6