Pearl Harbor
Across
- 3. Type of ship that had both vessels destroyed and the longest repair time
- 4. Military base in Hawaii where many Army planes were destroyed on the ground
- 5. Country that attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor
- 8. Wheeler Field soldier who yelled “we’re under attack” as the first bomb hit
- 9. Branch that suffered more deaths than all other services combined
- 10. Type of ship damaged but not completely destroyed during the attack
- 12. Pearl Harbor survivor who heard “three odd aircraft” and saw the “red ball” before the attack
- 14. Time of day when the Pearl Harbor attack began
- 16. Pearl Harbor survivor on Ford Island who hid, then fought back with a machine gun
- 17. Japanese code word that signaled the surprise attack was underway
Down
- 1. Type of attack Japan used to catch the United States unprepared
- 2. Word Roosevelt used to describe the attack as planned and intentional
- 6. Ocean that Japan crossed to reach Hawaii
- 7. Pearl Harbor sailor who was blown from his ship and survived by clinging to wreckage
- 10. Government body Roosevelt asked to declare war
- 11. Island in Hawaii where the attack took place
- 13. U.S. battleship whose explosion caused the greatest loss of American life during the attack
- 15. USS Utah sailor who climbed from the engine room after a torpedo hit and swam to Ford Island