Sunday in Hell, page 107
33. Joey Border’s diary, 1 February 1941.
34. Ibid., Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, 1941, online.
35. Joey Border’s diary, 2-3 February 1941; Author’s interviews, Bob and Joey Border.
36. Ibid., 4-5 February 1941; Ibid.
37. Author’s interviews, Bob and Joey Border.
38. Joey Border’s diary, 8-14 February 1941; Author’s interviews, Bob and Joey Border.
39. Endorsements to Ensign Robert L. Border’s official orders, 22 February 1941; Arakaki and Kuborn, 7 December 1941, The Air Force Story, 41-4.
40. Morris Log, 137,143 and 147.
41. Author’s interviews, Bob Border and Harry Keneman.
42. Morris Log, 163; Karl Border’s diary, 1 March 1941.
43. U.S. Navy Chronology of World War II, 1941, online.
44. Ibid., Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, 1941, online;
Karl Border’s diary, 11 March 1941.
45. Karl Border’s diary, 17 March 1941.
46. Ibid., 26 March 1941.
47. Ibid., Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, 1941, online.
48. Karl Border’s diary, 5 April 1941.
49. Swanborough, Gordon; Bowers, Peter M. United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911, 159 and 447.
50. Wikipedia online, SCR-270 radar, 1-3.
51. Wikipedia, Ibid.; Swanborough, Bowers, Ibid.,159 and 447; Keneman, “The Famous Cruiser Aviators and Their SOC’s.”
52. Ibid., Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, 1941, online; Bennighof, Avalanche Press, May 2006, online.
53. Allen, Hawaii’s War Years, 73.
54. Ibid, 72.
55. Karl Border’s diary, 13 April 1941; Author’s interviews, Bob Border.
56. Ibid., Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, 17 April 1941, online.
57. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, online.
58. Karl Border’s diary, 28 May-28 June 1941.
59. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, online; Author’s interviews, Bob and Joey Border, and Harry Keneman.
60. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, online.
61. Joey Border’s diary, 14 March-7 April 1941; Author’s interviews, Joey Border.
62. Ibid., 10 May-24 June 1941; Author’s interviews, Joey Border; Letter, Sally Smoot to Florence Springer, 18 July 1941.
63. Ibid., 25-26 June 1941; Ibid; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ship, History of USS Monssen.
64. Tennessee Log, 3-4 and 6-10 July 1941; Karl Border’s diary, 3-14 July 1941.
65. Joey Border’s diary, 10-11 July 1941; Author’s interviews, Bob and Joey Border.
66. Ibid., 12-15 July 1941; Ibid.; Letter, Sally Smoot to Florence Springer, 18 July 1941.
67. Ibid., 15-25 July 1941; Karl Border’s diary, 15 July-3 August 1941; Author’s interviews, Joey Border.
Chapter 3 Voyages
1. Joey’s diary, 13 Aug 1941.
2. Karl’s diary, 13 Aug 1941.
3. Ibid, 14 Aug.
4. Author’s interviews, Bob Border.
5. Joey’s diary, 14 Aug.
6. Ibid, 15 Aug; Karl’s diary, 15 Aug.
7. Joey’s diary, 16 Aug.
8. Tennessee Log. 16 Aug.
9. Joey’s diary, 16 Aug.
10. Tennessee Log, 17 Aug
11. Joey’s diary, 17 Aug; Author’s interviews, Joey Border.
12. Ibid. 18 Aug; Ibid.
13. Ibid, 19 Aug; Ibid.
14. Karl’s diary, 19 Aug.
15. Karl’s and Joey’s diaries, 20 Aug; Author’s interviews, Joey Border.
16. Joey’s diary, 21 Aug.
17. Joey’s diary, 22 Aug 22; Tennessee Log, 22 Aug.
18. Ibid, 23 Aug; Author’s interviews, Joey Border; Tennessee Log, 23 Aug.
19. Joey Border’s diary, Aug 24-31.
20. Ibid, 1-12 Sept; Author’s interviews, Joey Border; Wikipedia, “HMS Warspite,” online.
21. Sulzberger, The American Heritage Picture History of World War II, 134.
22. Joey’s diary, 13-17 Sept.
23. Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, online.
24. Joey’s diary, 16-19 Sept.
25. Tennessee Log, 18-19 Sept.
26. Joey’s diary, 20-24 Sept.
27. Tennessee Log, 20-27 Sept; Karl’s diary, 7 Oct; Author’s interviews, Bob and Joey Border.
28. Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, online.
29. Prange, At Dawn We Slept, 96.
30. McNaughton, United States Army, Pacific, “The Hawaiian Department, 7 December 1941,” online.
31. Karl’s diary, 7 Oct.
32. Tennessee Log, 8-18 Oct; Joey’s diary, 18 Oct.
33. Joey’s diary, Sept 25-31 Oct; Author’s interviews, Bob and Joey Border; Tennessee Log, Sept 24-Nov 3.
34. Knox, Frank. Directive to Chief of Naval Operations. “Evacuation Plan for Dependents of Navy Personnel from the Outlying Bases,” October 31, 1941.
35. Joey’s diary, 1 Nov.
36. Tennessee Log, 1-3 Nov.
37. Willmott, Pearl Harbor, 78-79, 82-83, 196. Prange, At Dawn We Slept, 336-339; Masataka Chihaya, “The Japanese Fleet Task Organization: 7th December 1941,” circa 1950, Prange Collection, University of Maryland.
38. Tennessee Log, 18 Nov.; Joey’s diary, 18-19 Nov.
39. Ibid., 19 Nov; Willmott, 82-83; Masataka Chihaya, “The Japanese Fleet Task Organization: 7th December 1941,” circa 1950, Prange Collection, University of Maryland.
40. Marine Exchange Ledger, San Francisco Harbor, 21-22 Nov 1941; Feuer, “Pawn of Fate: The Pensacola Convoy,” online.
41. Tennessee Log, 22 and 28 Nov.
42. Willmott, Pearl Harbor, 78-79; Masataka Chihaya, “The Japanese Fleet Task Organization: 7th December 1941,” circa 1950, Prange Collection, University of Maryland.
43. Prange, Ibid, 396.
44. Oregon Statesman, “Cat Gridders Off for Hawaii This Morning,” 26 November 1941; San Jose State College, 1942 La Torre, 184; San Jose Mercury, “Spartan Team Surprise Return From Hawaii,” 26 December 1941.
45. Prange, Ibid., 400-2.
46. Leaming, From 6-S-7, 7.
47. Feuer, “Pawn of Fate: The Pensacola Convoy,” online.
48. Joey’s Diary, 28 Nov.
Chapter 4 Prelude
1. Young, December 1941, America's First 25 Days at War, vi.
2. Ibid., vi-vii.
3. Joey’s diary, 2 Dec.
4. Ibid. vii.
5. Joey’s diary, 3 Dec.
6. Young, Ibid.
7. Ibid., vi-vii.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid., viii.
10. Joey’s diary, 4 Dec.; Tennessee Log, 30 November end of month officers’ roster; Cutler and Cutler, Dictionary of Naval Terms, 200.
11. Statement by Captain L. F. Safford, US Navy, Regarding Winds Message, Before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, 79th Cong., 1st sess., pursuant to Congressional Resolution 27.
12. Prange, At Dawn We Slept, 445.
13. Leaming, From 6-S-7, 7-9; Enterprise Log, 4 Dec.
14. Saratoga Log, 30 Nov-5 Dec.
15. Lexington Log, 5 Dec; Naval History and Hertitage Command, Frequently Asked Questions, “Where Were the Carriers, 7 December 1941,” online.
16. Willmott, Pearl Harbor, 78-9.
17. Lexington Log, 5 Dec; Ships’ histories, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, online; Prange, 456 and 460.
18. Willmott, Ibid., 91-5; Pensacola Log, 5 Dec.
19. Ampersand, 5.
20. Tennessee Log, 6 Dec; Joey’s diary, 5 Dec.
21. Letter from Joey to Springers (her parents), 6 Dec.
22. Lexington Log, 6 Dec.
23. Enterprise Log, 6 Dec.
24. Hop, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 3 Dec 1941.
25. Ibid., “Willamette’s Short High Passes May Whip Hawaii”; Misukado, “Ramblin Around,” Honolulu Advertiser, 4 Dec; McQueen, “Hoomalimali,” Honolulu Advertiser, 6 Dec.
26. Louisville Log, 6 Dec. ; Ship’s history, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, online.
27. Navy Music Program, “Pacific Fleet Band,” online; Navy School of Music, Wikipedia, online; Lord, Day of Infamy, 7; Author’s interview, Ira Schab.
28. Prange, Ibid., 481.
29. Young, Ibid., viii.
30. Joey’s diary, 6 Dec.
31. Goldstein and Dillon, Pacific War Papers, 234-5.
32. Ibid.
33. Willmott, Ibid., 94-5, 196.
34. Delgado, Japanese Midget Submarine HA-19 National Historic Landmark Study, online.
35. Grannis, USS Antares Action Report to CINCPAC, 10 Dec, online; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, USS Antares history, online.
36. Willmott, Ibid. 95; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, USS Ward history, online.
37. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Ibid.
38. Prange, Ibid., 484.
39. Prange, Ibid., 496; Outerbridge, USS Ward Action Report to CINCPAC, 13 Dec, online; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, USS Ward history, online; Grannis, Ibid.; “Patrol Squadron 14, NAS Kanehoe Bay War Diary,” online; Tanner, “Narrative of Engagement with enemy submarine on December 7, 1941,” online; Condor-Ward Dispatches, Radio Transcript USS Ward (DD-139), Naval Radio Station Bishop Point, 7 December 1941, online.
40. Prange, Ibid., 496-7.
41. Willmott, Ibid., 95-101; Prange, Ibid., 490-91.
42. Willmott, Ibid., 100, 186.
43. Enterprise Log, 7 Dec; Leaming, From 6-S-7, 10-12.
44. Arakaki and Kuborn, 7 December 1941, The Air Force Story, 69-72.
45. Prange, Ibid., 500-1; Willmott, Ibid., 97-8; Butowsky, “Early Warnings: The Mystery of Radar in Hawaii,” online.
46. Prange, Ibid., 477, 480-1.
47. Hickam Air Force Base Public Affairs, “Account of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron,” December 1997, online; Prange, Ibid., 476; Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 157-59.
Chapter 5 “AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NOT DRILL”
1. Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 61; Prange, Ibid., 382 and 503; Willmott, Ibid., 100-1, 186; Young, H.L. “Report of Action with Japanese Air Force at Oahu, T.H., 7 December 1941,”online.
2. Willmott, Ibid., 102-3, 123; Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 62; Goldstein and Dillon, Ibid., 264.
3. Amperand, 6; Hackett and Kingsepp, “Sensuikan,” Tabular Records of Movement (TROMs) of Imperial Japanese Navy submarines, online; Prange, Ibid., 51; Kells, letter to Mrs. Berthel Carlsen, 26 December 1941.
4. Prange, Ibid., 518-19; Bellinger, Task Force NINE Operations on 7 December 1941, online; Hanson, written recollections of the Japanese attack on Kaneohe Naval Air Station, December 1979; Author’s interview, James K. Poppleton.
5. McGinnis, “Report of Japanese Air Attack on Kaneohe Bay, T.H. – 7 December 1941,”online.
6. Prange, Ibid., 518-19.
7. Navy Patrol Bombing Squadrons 102/14 Association, Citation Accompanying the Medal of Honor Awarded to John W. Finn, on line; John William Finn, Association of Aviation Ordnancemen, online; Author’s interview, James K. Poppleton.
8. Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 128.
9. Ibid., 58, 66 and 128.
10. Ibid., 128.
11. Ibid., 3-5, 48.
12. Ibid.
13. Kamaka, undated written recollections.
14. “San Jose Home From Hawaii,” San Francisco Examiner, 26 Dec.
15. Merrick, “Spartan Team in Surprise Return from Hawaii,” San Jose Mercury Herald, 26 Dec.
16. Gemmell, The Oregon Statesman, 26 and 27 Dec.
17. Gemmell, “Salem Welcomes Home Willamette Party,” Ibid.; Willamette Collegian, “Hawaiian Trip Filled With Action,” 10 Jan 1942.
18. Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 112-3.
19. Ibid., 111.
20. Ibid., 113.
21. Ibid., 115-8.
22. Ibid., 122-23.
23. Ibid., 117-8.
24. Prange, Ibid., 524, 534-5; “The Attack on Pearl Harbor,” Aviation History online.
25. Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 5, 65-6.
26. Dr. Heaton’s diary, 7 Dec.
27. Willmott, Ibid., 92-3; Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 5, 66.
28. Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 66-7.
29. Written recollections of Joseph Honish; Author’s interview, Joseph Honish.
30. Author’s interview, Margaret Littmann Baccelli; Speight, “USS Oglala (CM-4) Action Report”, 11 Dec, online.
31. Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 72-76, 131, 157-160, and 190; Prange, Ibid., 522; “Account of 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, online.
32. Author’s interview, Edward E. Hall; Edward Hall’s written recollections, undated.
33. Arakaki and Kuborn, Ibid., 97-102.
34. Cressman and Wenger, “Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941,” 15-16, online.
35. Hinz, written recollections, 16 Jan 2007; Author’s interview, Earl Hinz.
36. Prange, Ibid., 524-25; Cohen, East Wind Rain, 122; Hinz, Ibid.; Willmott, Ibid., 190.
37. Willmott, Ibid.
38. Hinz, written recollections; Author’s interview, Earl Hinz.
39. Cohen, Ibid.; Willmott, Ibid., 125 and 190.
40. Prange, Ibid., 524-5.
41. Copy of Order provided by Earl Hinz; Author’s interview, Earl Hinz.
Chapter 6 Inferno, Carnage, and Valor: Attack on the Pacific Fleet
1. Prange, Ibid., 505.
2. Ibid., 517-8; Cressman and Wenger, Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, online.
3. Ibid., 505-6.
4. Oklahoma Action Report and Statement by Ensign H.F. Rommel, 18 Dec.
5. Prange, Ibid., 509.
6. Oklahoma Action Report with accompanying statements by crew members, Ibid.; Wallin, Naval History and Heritage Command, “Reports of Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack,” 297-327, online; Prange, Ibid., 513; California Log, 0815, 7 Dec.
7. Prange, Ibid.; “Profiles in Courage, True Stories of Great American Heroes,” online; Chambers, “What the Pearl Harbor Chaplains Were Doing at Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941,” online; Author’s interview, Raymond J. Turpin; Maryland deck log, 7 Dec 1941, and 1 Jan1942; Godwin, Maryland Action Report, 15 Dec 1941, online.
8. Ibid., 506, 508.
9. West Virginia Action Report, 11 Dec.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid., Prange, Ibid., 514-5.
17. West Virginia Action Report, Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Tennessee Log, 7 Dec.
20. Arizona Action Report, 13 Dec, online; Vestal Action Report, 11 Dec, online.
21. Arizona Action Report, Ibid.
22. Ibid.; Samuel G. Fuqua, Wikipedia, online.
23. Arizona Action Report, Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Ibid.
27. Willmott, Ibid., 116.
28. Arizona Action Report, Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid.; “Profiles in Courage, True Stories of Great American Heroes,” online.
33. Vestal Action Report, 11 Dec.
34. Young, Above and Beyond, 196-8.
35. Vestal Action Report, Ibid.
36. Willmott, Ibid., 101; Olsson, “Today in History,” online.
37. Utah Action Report, 15 December 1941, online; History of USS Utah, online.
38. “Profiles in Courage, True Stories of Great American Heroes,” online; Chief Watertender Peter Tomich, Wikipedia, online.
39. Prange, Ibid., 506; Raleigh Action Report, 13 Dec, online.
40. Raleigh Action Report, Ibid.
41. Ibid.
42. Oglala Action Report, Ibid.; Furlong, Minecraft Battle Force Reports, 7 Dec, online; Helena Action Report, online.
43. Oglala, Ibid., Helena, Ibid., History of USS Oglala; History of USS Helena.
Chapter 7 “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition…”
1. Willmott, Ibid., 162-3; Prange, Ibid., 161-2.
2. Prange, Ibid.
3. Ibid., 510.
4. Ibid., 508.
5. Ibid.
6. Pennsylvania Action Report, 16 Dec; USS Arizona Memorial, “The First Casualties,” 22 Dec 2004, 17, online; Oglala Damage Report, 31 Dec.
7. All ships named Action Reports, online.
8. Forgy, …And Pass the Ammunition, 1-4.
9. Action Reports from all except California and Cummings, online.
10. San Francisco Action Report, online.
11. New Orleans Action Report, online; Forgy, Ibid., viii.
12. Forgy, Ibid., 5-11; Song Sheet: Remember Pearl Harbor, online.
13. St. Louis Action Reports, 10 and 25 Dec, online.
14. Tautog Action Report, 12 Dec, online.
15. Thornton Action Report, 17 Dec, online.
16. Hulbert Action Report, 8 Dec, online.
17. Motor Torpedo Squadron One, “Offensive Measures Taken During Air Raid,” 12 Dec, online.
18. Prange, Ibid., 515; Willmott, Ibid., 187.
19. Nimitz, CinCPac Report, 15 Feb, online.
20. Young, H.L., Enterprise Air Group Commander’s Report, 15 Dec, online.
21. Leaming, From 6-S-7, 21-28; Swanborough and Bowers, United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911, 183-5; Dickinson, The Flying Guns, 1-20; Commander, Scouting Squadron Six Action Report, online.
22. California Action Report, 13 and 22 December, online.
23. “Profiles in Courage, True Stories of Great American Heroes,” Jackson C. Pharris, online.
24. Ibid., Robert R. Scott.
25. California Log, 7 Dec; Oklahoma Action Report, 18 Dec, online.
26. “Profiles in Courage, True Stories of Great American Heroes,” Herbert C. Jones, online; California Action Report, 13 Dec; Cressman and Wenger, J. Michael. Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, online.
27. “Profiles in Courage, True Stories of Great American Heroes,” James T. Reeves, online.
28. California Action Report, online; Nimitz, CinCPac Report, 15 Feb, online.
29. California Action Report, online.
30. Battleship Action Reports, online; USS Arizona Memorial, “The First Casualties,” 22 Dec 2004, online.
