Split History of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Split History of the Attack on Pearl Harbor — page 5
American servicemen called the red meatball on the side of an approaching plane It was the Rising Sun symbol of Imperial Japan This was no drill or the arrival of friendly aircraft from California This was a very real attack by 183 Japanese planes Moments later naval operations officer Logan Ramsey was shouting into a loudspeaker for all to hear Air Raid Pearl Harbor 2 A HISTORY OF HATRED The sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was the climax of anti American feelings that had been brewing among the Japanese for nearly a century It began in 1853 when U S battleships under the command of Commodore Matthew Perry anchored near Tokyo and