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National Amateur Press Association
Tick Tock 3, p.1, 2 and 3
Tick Tock
NO. 3
SEPTEMBER 1945
The Day of Infamy
THE blow suffered by our fleet in the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was
the most unexpected military event in all history. It was not that war with Japan
was thought impossible. On contrary, a vast number of Americans regarded it as
inevitable. Nor was it inconceivable that, if and when war came, Japan might open
hostilities with a surprise attack. What we were not prepared was the success of
the Nips’ nefarious mission. The reaction to this naval disaster will engage the
interest of historians for man a day. To assist the historians and to avoid any
unnecessary waiting for their reports, herewith are the memories of some amateur
journalists of that "day of infamy," December 7, 1941.
1. In Springfield.
WAS in my study, typing, and my parents were napping. It wasn’t until two hours
after the first broadcast that Dad turned on the radio and got a few words of the
ominous tidings. Frankly, I didn't know where Pearl Harbor was. But I heard my
mother say my cousin Reuben was there. When last I'd written to him he had just
been on a visit to Manila, so I visualized (and still do) Pearl Harbor as being in
the Philippines. We immediately got out the car and drove to Aunt Leah’s as they had
no phone. Aunt Leah, the same
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