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USS Arizona's Attack On Pearl Harbor

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On December 7th 1941 was the Japanese attacked a US naval base in Hawaii. Them attacking was the base of the start of World War II. “Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is located near the center of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 2,000 miles from the U.S. mainland and about 4,000 miles from Japan.” (PEARL HARBOR n/d). Pearl Harbor was an easy target for Japan, knowing that they could destroy Pacific Fleet so, America wouldn’t be able to fight back. Around 8am Japan had their airplanes above Pearl Harbor, ten minutes later they had dropped a bomb and shot bullets towards the USS Arizona battleship. It took the USS Arizona Ship fourteen minutes to sink along, with at-least 1,177 men. Only 229 bodies were recovered from the 1,177 men that died on board. It wasn’t

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