"No one avoided danger" : NAS Kaneohe Bay and the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941 / J. Michael Wenger, Robert J. Cressman, and John F. Di Virgilio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenger, J. Michael, author.

Cressman, Robert, author.

Di Virgilio, John F., author.

Series:

Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies

Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.

World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii--Kaneohe.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.

Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station (Hawaii)--History.

Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station (Hawaii).

Kaneohe (Hawaii)--History, Military.

Kaneohe (Hawaii).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"No One Avoided Danger" is a detailed combat narrative of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attacks on NAS Kaneohe Bay, one of two naval air stations on the island of O‘ahu. Partly because of Kaneohe's location—15 air miles over a mountain range from the main site of that day's infamous attack on Pearl Harbor—military historians have largely ignored the station's story. Moreover, there is an understandable tendency to focus on the massive destruction sustained by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The attacks on NAS Kaneohe Bay, however, were equally destructive and no less disastrous, notwithstanding the station's considerable distance from the harbor. The work focuses on descriptions of actions in the air and on the ground at the deepest practical, personal, and tactical level, from both the American and Japanese perspectives. Such a synthesis is possible only by pursuing every conceivable source of American documents, reminiscences, interviews, and photographs. Similarly, the authors sought out Japanese accounts and photography from the attacks, many appearing in print for the first time. Information from the Japanese air group and aircraft carrier action reports has never before been used. On the American side, the authors also have researched the Official Military Personnel Files at the National Personnel Records Center and National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri, extracting service photographs and details of the military careers of American officers and men. The authors are among the first historians to be allowed access to previously unused service records. The authors likewise delved into the background and personalities of key Japanese participants, and have translated and incorporated the Japanese aircrew rosters from the attack. This accumulation of data and information makes possible an intricate and highly integrated story that is unparalleled. The

interwoven narratives of both sides provide a deeper understanding of the events near Kane‘ohe Bay than any previous history.

Contents:

USN/Japanese aircraft names

Japanese names

Hawaiian place names

Glossary

Notes on ship names and times

"It was like the time of your life"

"This is the first time I've ever seen the Army working on Sunday"

"I would hit the targets without any misses from this altitude"

"No one shirked, no one avoided danger".

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61251-925-3

OCLC:

928136993