That an enemy could sail for thousands of miles and perform a successful carrier-based air raid on a major US naval base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean showed everyone that aircraft carriers would play an important role in the war.Īlthough American, and other nations', Pacific territories were widely scattered and the distance between them and the Japanese mainland great, the Japanese had taken little time in conquering and occupying most of the area, so fierce was their fighting. Fortunately, all of our aircraft carriers had been out on maneuvers during the attack. It would be months before we could salvage and refit the Pacific Fleet. Most of the ships in the harbor had been either severely damaged or sunk and we thus had lost most of our naval power in the region. It had started with the surprise air attack on the Navy base at Pearl Harbor. CLASSIFIED - SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTALIZED INFORMATION - CLASSIFIEDĮxcerpts from the log of Captain S.
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