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How Deeply Did Washington Sleep On Pearl Harbor Day
A scanned reminiscence recounts the Pearl Harbor crisis of December 7 1941 detailing how Washington and military leaders reacted as the Purple Code revealed the looming Japanese attack. It notes key figures and moments including Fried mans code work, Nomura, Hull, and Roosevelts briefing.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Random House
Ladislas Farage
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Farage
U. S. Navy
America
Harry L. Clark
William F. Friedman
Office of Naval Intelligence
Friedman
ONI
Navy
U. S. Army
Foreign Office
Cordell Hull
Shigenori Togo
Kichisaburo Nomura
Nomura
Philippines
Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Oahu
Puget Sound
Ford's Island
Felix Brown
U.S. Army
Rex. Minkler
Robert Schulcraft
Harold Doud
Rufus Bratton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harold R. Stark
Army
George C. Marshall
Nagumo
Sherman Miles
Gerow
Gen. Short