The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-12

Qe0Cc ana aIlOJLlSI DldSGCO d None was spared from the dal attack on Pearl Harbor and the Island of Oahu Sunday, details of which 1t is now possible, with gov- ernment sanction, to disclose.
 There were four attacks in all-- three Sunday and fourth, lighter one, Monday morning -- which claimed 1900 American lives, wou1d- cd at least l,50O, and caused heavy damage. There has been no sign ot an invading force Eince then.
 Forty-nine civilians. including many Japanese Americans, were killed and more than 100 wounded.
 Twenty-four dive bomhers, their red rising sun" insignia clearly visible, swung out of & clear sky in the early, quiet hours Sunday to open the attack. They swept In Rt low altitude over Ford Island in the middle of thenaval base.
 Defenders Act quickly
 within seconds defending anti- aircraft batteries were sending q heavy barrage after them and puffs from the exploding shells filled the sky. Minutes later heavy clouds of smoke billowed up from Pearl Harbor, i4 miles from Hono- lulu, and from Hlckam field, in the interior of Oahu northwest of the city.
 The dive bombers were followed by A group of four-motored bombers which swung over the city to Q warm reception of antl-aircraft fire Torpedo planes skipped in at low attitudes to splash their deadly loads into the water.
 Navy vessels and ground estab- lishmentS were the principal targets, Not c single military or naval es- tabllshment was overlooked by the raiders.
 wheeler field and schofleld bar racks, also Inland from Honolulu, were raided simultaneously. Wit. nesses said "bombB dropped like hail".
 Another attack was launched from the east side of tho Island at Bel- lows field and the naval air sta- ton at Kaneohc.
 The dive bombers came in single file, at times just swimming the tops of the waves. Hidden a8 they were behind Ford Island, their ape proach was virtually undetected un. til they zoomed over the hill.
 The first attack came few min utes before 6 a, m, Within c few hours the U. s. battle fleet steamed out of the harbor to the west and SooN the sound of heavy gunflre was heard.
 More Sinking Rum0H
 There were unconfirmed reports and four submarines had been sunk.
 (Delegate Samuel V. King Of Hawaii announced in Washington that Poindexter had told him 20 Japanese planes were shot down during the attaeks.)
 An hour after the first attack and while bombs still exploded, antl-aircraft shells burst overhead and sirens hailed, oil emergency precautions had been put Into ef- feet.
 Civilians, some stIli in night- clothes, took the raids with almost the same calm they had shown dur. ing the recent nonhS of maneuvers. They gathered on hilitops to watch tho grim battle,
 Radio stations sounded the alarm and went of the air. Army, navy, police. Aremen and civilian defense wardens were called to their posts. Civilians were ordered of the streets,
 At least IS bombs hit the city it. self, They left great raw marks. Several lGrge dWontoWn buildings were damaged. William Tyree, night manager of the United Press, who was at the bureau in the Homo. lulu AdveFtSier building, said c bomb landed within 20 feet of the struc. ture.
 Immediately after the first alarm I drove out to the army's Hawaii department keadquarteFs at Fort shafteF and the army confirmed that the attacking planes were Jap- aHlese.
 I reached HIckam field within an hour and c half after the first raid and witnesses there toie me the Japanese attacked in two waves, totaling as many as 100 planes, While inspecting Hickah lone Japanese plane swooped down and machine gunned the group of sol. diers guiding me about the post.
 Wo dived into c storage room and escaped injury but nearby, automobiles were set aflre by the bullets.
 Hawaii Calm Today
 HaWan S calm today. It pulled itself together rapidly. A veteran of Berlin's first air raids said Hono- lulu citizens took theirs better than did the Germans despite the cori- plete surprise.
 So far as has been possible woe men and children have been eyacus ated from danger areas. All norl- WnMEAT1C C0NTCTW