James Dulong AP History Per 6 On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a sneak attack on Pearl Habor. This attack on the United States Pacific Fleet was a total tactical success. The Japanese, using 360 planes and midgit submarines, were able to sink the USS Arizona, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Pesilvania, USS Tennessee, and the USS Utha. They also destroyed Hickman Feild, the US air base on Hawaii. The result of this attack was a …
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…of the men but they did not retreat untill they were ordered to do so by a white commanding officer. The Nisei was one of the most highly decorated fighting units in World War II. Unfortunatlly, they did not recieve these decorations until well after the end of the war. These Japanese-Americans took the derogatory term Nisei, washed it in a river of blood, and made it a name that Japanese-Americans can use with pride.