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Pearl Harbor:

A Date That Will Live In Infamy

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Alec Mathews
Mrs. Kohorst
March 15, 2010

Outline I. Introduction A. Where 1. Oahu B. What 1. Drug into WWII 2. Survivors C. Quote 1. “Air raid…” D. Japanese forces 1. 30 ships 2. 6 carriers 3. 430 planes II. Body A. Secret plans 1. Planning a. Conquering China 2. Resources a. Cut off by U.S. 3. Training a. centered around 6 aircraft carriers b. 24 supporting vessels 4. Secrecy a. communications drill B. When 1.6:13 a. Scouts 2.1941 a. Nov. 26 C. How 1. Submarine a. ignored 2. Radar problems a. Thought they were American D. Who 1. First ship struck 2. Quotes 3. Story E. Casualties 1. Japanese a. 129 men, b. 29 planes c. 5 submarines. 2, American a. 161 planes and damaged 102. b. 21 unnecessarily destroyed ships
III. Conclusion A. Casualties 1. 2,403 soldiers and 68 civilians. B. What 1. Drug America into WWII C. Effects 1. Effect on the world and individuals 2. Fueled soldiers D. Quotes 1. Dictators E. Remembering Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor: A Day That Will Live In Infamy

It was just a quiet day on the south coast of Oahu Island Hawaii, and little did anyone know that in later years this day would be known as a date which will live in infamy. This date will be the day America would be drug into a full out global war known as WWII.
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