Pearl Harbor remembered

It is one of the great defining moments that shaped the course of modern history. As President Roosevelt Said, "December 7th 1941 A date which will live in imfamy. The United States was suddenly and viciously attacked by forces of the Empire of Japan..." It set in motion the greatest military conflict in the history of the world so far.
It began on a beautiful Sunday morning in the Pacific when the first of two waves of 360 Japanese attack planes began bombing and straifing Battleship Row where the bulk of the U.S. Pacific Naval fleet was moored that morning. Most of the damage occured in the first 30 minutes. There were Airmen and seamen on duty at the time who were becoming more familiar with a new British technology called R.A.D.A.R. (radio detection and ranging). They had noticed the Japanese fleet coming towards them on their new radar screens and had alerted superiors about it. They were told that it was probably American B-17's coming back in from some exercises and not to worry about it. Nurses arriving for duty on that morning found chaos ensuing. There were dead, dying and wounded all over the place and they began running around administering Morphine to those injured that they believed could be helped. In order to avoid administering overdoses they would write the letter M on the foreheads of those treated with red lipstick. After the attack there were over 2400 dead servicemen and the majority of the Pacific fleet was violently burning in the Harbor. Among the ships damaged and destroyed were the U.S.S. Arizona, Nevada, Vestal, West Virginia, Oklahoma, California, and Utah.