This is no Drill: Living Memories of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

At dawn on December 7, 1941, Japanese Imperial Forces launched a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor. It was a day that would plunge the United States into war - a day that would forever live in infamy. And for those who lived through it, it was a day they could never forget…Here, in their own words, survivors of that fateful day from all branches of the service recall what it was like to witness one of the most significant events in modern times as it happened. These true stories of men in combat offer a rare, firsthand view of one terrible event that became a defining moment in the history of our nation, and still echoes through time.