[Personal Narrative by Louise Milke Moats Whatley, on the Pearl Harbor Attack]

• Main Author: Whatley, Louise Milke Moats
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1941
• Subjects: Military and War - Wars - World War II; Military and War - Personnel; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Attack on; 1941; WWII; World War; 1939-1945 > Personal narratives; Military and War - United States Armed Forces - United States Navy; Cargo ships; Pearl Harbor Navy Yard; Hickam Field; Personal narratives; Navy-yards and naval stations; Airplanes; Military; Blackouts in war; Rationing > United States; Ford Island (Hawaii); Wheeler Army Airfield; Arizona (Battleship); USS Arizona (BB-39); Oklahoma (Battleship); USS Oklahoma (BB-37); USS West Virginia (BB-48); USS Utah (AG-16); California (Battleship : BB-44); USS California (BB-44); Nevada (Battleship); USS Nevada (BB-36); Pennsylvania (Battleship); USS Pennsylvania (BB-38); USS Cassin (DD-372); USS Downes (DD-375); Ford Island
• Online Access: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1689055/

Personal narrative by Louise Milke Moats Whatley discussing the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Louise recounts her first-hand experience of the attack, a friend's description of hospitals filled with wounded, damages caused by the attack, and life after the event. A list of damaged and destroyed ships is included at the end of Louise's account.