"Being in the midst of bombing and such mass destruction was mind numbing. I went to my duty station, the fire department, to find no people and no equipment. They were fighting fires so I joined the line to draw a weapon. I selected a machine gun"
-Hubert 'Dale' Gano
Hubert 'Dale' Gano's Veiw
"Watching Pearl Harbor being destroyed and thousands of lives lost put most of us into a state of shock" "The first thought that came to my mind was, What in the world was that? My windows must be broken" "Being in the midst of bombing and such mass destruction was mind numbing. I went to my duty station, the fire department, to find no people and no equipment. They were fighting fires so I joined the line to draw a weapon. I selected a machine gun" "The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor appeared to be aimed primarily at our ships and airplanes. I remember no buildings being bombed, however, the hangars at the Army Air Stations had been thoroughly machine gunned and their aircraft destroyed" "I cannot believe that anyone can be psychologically prepared for a WWIII. We, of course, can be physically prepared for it but I doubt that we will because the cost would be prohibitively high"
Margaret Ellen 'Johnie' Gano's Veiw
"On December 5, 1941 I saw the movie 'Dive Bomber' in which several military planes crashed into the ground. The first thought that came to me was that one of our planes had crashed nearby — possibly a block from our house" "I drove by to pick up some friends one of whom had an eleven month old baby. We were told to go into the hills nearby . Halfway up a plane flew over- undoubtedly Japanese- and we got out of the car to take shelter under some trees. I was definitely very scared"