Bibliography (Pearl Harbor)

Raymer, Edward C. Descent into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941: A Navy Diver’s Memoir. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2012. 

• Secondary source in the form of a book transcribing and analyzing the experiences and memories of a naval diver the day of Pearl Harbor. This source provides insight into the emotions an individual undergoes when experiencing something traumatic such as this. 

Prange, Gordon. At Dawn We Slept - the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981. 

• Secondary source in the form of a book highlighting events that took place during the hours of the attacks that often get overlooked from one who seeks the readily available pictures or monuments. This adds to the viewers comprehension of Pearl Harbor because it helps in filling in the blanks about what was going on in Honolulu prior to the deadly bombings. 

Makua Tours LLC. “Pearl Harbor Attack Timeline.” PearlHarbor.Org, 10 Mar. 2023,

pearlharbor.org/pearl-harbor-attack-timeline/. 

• This is a secondary source in the form of a digitized timeline of the events leading up to and within the bombings of pearl harbor, provided by a touring company in Oahu. This source provides a synopsis of the events that transpired and will aid in informing the creation of my neatline as well as my analysis of the first person accounts of the events. 

National Public Radio. “A Pearl Harbor Timeline.” NPR, NPR, 7 Dec. 2004,

www.npr.org/2004/12/07/4206060/a-pearl-harbor-timeline. 

• Secondary source created by NPR a very credible public information source that outlines the international communications and exchanges leading up to Pearl Harbor. This source provides credible contextual information about the communications that precluded the deadly attacks against Pearl Harbor. 

National World War II Museum. “A Pearl Harbor Fact Sheet - Census.Gov.” National Census, US Census Bureau , 7 Dec. 2001,

www.census.gov/history/pdf/pearl-harbor-fact-sheet-1.pdf. 

• Secondary source provided by the US census bureau that outlines the financial and personal cost of this World War II event. This source provides important quantitative information on the deaths and financial cost incurred based on the events of December 7th, 1941. 

Scott, Joshua, director. Pearl Harbor & Kamikaze Attack Survivor | Memoirs of WWII #2.

YouTube, YouTube, 1 June 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlFXbSgNSnY.

Accessed 27 Oct. 2023. 

• This is a multimedia source in the form of a youtube interview of a World War 2 veteran who was present for the bombings on Pearl Harbor. This source aids in answering my research question of unraveling the events on the ground as it provides an oral history about the day and the emotions one experienced during the events.

“Lonnie Cook, a Pearl Harbor Survivor, Talks about What He Experienced on Dec. 7, 1941.” Performance by Lonnie Cook, YouTube, YouTube, 6 Dec. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LK2sRmffc0&t=63s. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.

• This is a multimedia source in the form of a youtube interview of a World War 2 veteran who onboard the USS Arizona during the bombings of Pearl Harbor. Lonnie Cook was a gunman who experienced the attacks in an up close and personal manner, his perspective adds to the memoirs of destruction to present context for the extent of destruction experienced on this particular day.

Pearl Harbor--Approximate position of United States ships, Dec. 7. Hawaii Pearl Harbor, 1945.

Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002695211/.

• This primary source outlines the coordinates of US naval vessels stationed within pearl harbor the day of the attacks. This visual aid provides contextual information in order to set the stage for explaining and comprehending the bombings that took place that day.

Pearl Harbor naval base and U.S.S. Shaw ablaze after the Japanese attack. Hawaii Pearl Harbor,

1941. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/98506923/.

• This is a primary source as it is a stock image from the United States Navy release depicting the Oahu naval base as well as the navy ship U.S.S. Shaw dilapidated and ablaze immediately following the Kamikaze bombings from the Japanese navy. The source is useful as it provides visual aid to comprehending the horrific scenes witnessed by those who survived the attacks as well as the scale of destruction incurred.

Aerial photograph, taken by a Japanese pilot, of the destruction of Pearl Harbor, Japanese bomber in lower right foreground. Hawaii Pearl Harbor, 1956. [, from a Photograph Taken in 1941] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002695213/. 

• Primary source displaying the perspective of a Japanese naval pilot during the dive bombing passes over the island of Oahu. This picture offers a horrifying yet unique aerial perspective that adds to the readers visual understanding of the circumstances during this historical event.

United States. Office of War Information, “Pearl Harbor bombing. California hit. Battered by aerial bombs and torpedoes, the USS California settles slowly into the mud and muck of Pearl Harbor. Clouds of black, oily smoke pouring up from the California and her stricken sister ships conceal all but the hull of the capsized USS Oklahoma at the extreme right,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed December 6, 2023, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002695219/.

• Primary source displaying the USS California immediately after being ripped to shreds by the Japanese attacks on pearl harbor. Offering an informative glance into the sheer destruction inccurred upon the base and its stationed servicemen.

Department of Defense , “US Aircraft Turned Scrap Metal,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed December 6, 2023, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/4044.

• This primary source depicts a US aircraft that has been turned into a dilapidated pile of scrap metal following the kamikaze bombings on Pearl Harbor. This harrowing image serves as reference for the extent of damage caused by these deadly attacks and helps inform the reader on the severity of this event.

US Army, “Japanese Warplanes Bomb US Military Airfield in an Effort to Delay Organized Response to their Attacks,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed December 6, 2023, NA-USE6- D-005400 [P&P].

• This primary source depicts servicemen looking on in horror as their airfield is being torn to shreds by repitive strikes from the Japanese warplanes descending on Pearl Harbor. This image inspires emotions of empathy from the audience.

United State Navy, “The USS Oklahoma, shown capsized following Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed December 6, 2023, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002695297/.

• This primary source highlights the destruction incurred by the OSS Oklahoma in the hours following the Japanese bombings of pearl harbor. The harrowing image of the upturned ship lying in the mud of Honolulu bay creates a sense of pathos between the exhibit and the audience.

Library of Congress Database, “Marines Being Laid to Rest,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed December 6, 2023, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002695109/.

• Primary source depicting naval survivors of the Pearl Harbor attacks laying their fallen seamen to rest on the coast. Depicting the deadly toll this day had on US servicemen creates an informed audience member as to the profound effect of this day on families of these men.

Hilts Publishing Co. , “Remember Pearl Harbor - Crush Them!,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed December 6, 2023, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002695148.

• Primary Source illustrating an example of the rampant propoganda that followed this event of destruction. This source provides context as to the emotional reaction of many following this tragic day.

Ansel Adams, “Baseball game, Manzanar Relocation Center,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed December 6, 2023, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002695179.

• Primary source that illustrates the sub communities created by interment camps finding rhythm within their constrained lives. This image provides context for the life of imprisoned Japanese Americans as a result of Pearl Harbor.