In preparation, the U.S. began moving equipment to the West Coast by rail. There weren't enough trainmen, so the military sent back men with railroad experience including Alexander, who'd been a brakeman. A student asked Alexander what he would say if he could talk to a Japanese pilot. He said he sometimes sees Japanese tourists at the Arizona Memorial. They don't have any idea of what happened.
Nobody reads that out of a book in Japan.
They're not schooled about the war.