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The centerpiece of "Pearl Harbor" is, of course, the Japanese invasion, and it does not disappoint. Suspenseful and frighteningly real, this is the one section in which director Bay made the correct choice in not hamming the proceedings up. With stark photography, tight editing, and magnificently rendered visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic, this middle interlude is certainly the highlight for sheer entertainment value. Incidentally, though, it is the only section in need of more palpable emotions. Ships are blown up and countless lives are lost, but viewer reaction to this is oddly mote, perhaps because of how fast it moves from one scene to the next.
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The 170 aircraft of the second wave arrived over Pearl Harbor at 8:55 A.M. The dive-bombers focused on the Nevada as it started to leave the harbor. Receiving multiple bomb and torpedo hits, the ship's captain beached her rather than risk being sunk in the channel entrance. Other bombers struck the Pennsylvania, which had escaped damage during the first wave, and the cruisers and destroyers, which had until then been ignored. Other elements of the Japanese force struck Ewa, Bellows, and Wheeler fields, destroying the remaining aircraft there.
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In 1917 Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor was purchased for joint Army and Navy use in the development of military aviation. As Japanese presence increased in the Pacific, the US increased the ships' presence there.
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Pearl Harbor is now a national historic landmark; a memorial has been built over the sunken hulk of the USS Arizona. The battleship Missouri, site of Japan’s surrender, is ... preserved there as a memorial.
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At Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona suffered direct-hits from four 800-kg bombs dropped by high-altitude Japanese Kates and the remains of over 1,000 crewmen are still entombed in her hull. Even today, droplets of oil still leak to the surface. Complete caualty list, survivor list, ship's specifications, construction history, museum hours, address and directions to the memorial. Get there early - tickets can be gone by noon.
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At 7:58 A.M., the alarm went out: "Air raid, Pearl Harbor. This is not drill!" Later that morning, the magazine of the USS Shaw exploded after being struck by a Japanese bomb.
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