The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-08
PEARL HARBoR REPORT

PEARL HARBoR REPORT
The war is year old for us, end now at lost we
have what appears to be q full report from the Navy
as to what happened at Peorl Horbor.
From either three or four Jap corriers which new
er we're Iocoted los assorted Jap torpedo dive and
horizontal bonbers struck just at church call, and
while the watch was being changed.
They damaged five bottIeshps, three destroyers,
a rine oyer forget ship and large footing dry
dock very severely. They damaged three other bot
tIeshps, three cruisers, seoplone tender and re-
pair ship somewhat less
Eiohty Naval and 81 Army aircraft Destroy
ed and most Of the rest prevented from taking
the air.
If the Jops had had courage Of their convictions,
and had struck at with strong task force, they
could have taken Pearl Horbor from us before most
Americans learned that the first shot had been fired
Like Hitler with his invasion Of the British Isles, they
hesitoteAond now they will be lost
The donooe to US was friahtfuI Yet even then
X was less than most Americans had supposed from
the extreme reluctance Of Washington about telling
the story. Of IS consequential croft at Pearl Hor-
Dor the Jops got only %, and Of these only 20
yeor-oId botteship will be totol permanent loss
Apparently one reason why we escaped as we'll
as we did was that two task forces, including all OF
our oircroft carriers, were absent assignments.
Once the first Jops orrived men reacted brove-
w. competentIy and creditobly. They we're devostot-
cd becouse virtually all Of air strength being de-
stroyed or grounded by damage to oirfeIds the fleet
had no protection except ontoircroft fire.
- There we're, soys the report, 2O2 Naval and 273
Army planes on the Island Of Oahu Thirty-eeht Nav
al planes and small but unstoted number Of Army
L. ebNtI thno
20 Jops.
Now for question that still has not been answer
What incomprehensble failure Of commend made
Il possible for los Jop bonbers almost quite
protected by fighters to surprise and bottle up the ATS
American planes the island Of Oahu, assigned to
protect Pearl Horbor against exactly what happened?
JEWISH ARMY
The movement for on army composed Of Poles-
tinion and homeless Jews is meeting With strong op-
position, which some have tried to rotonolze by
pointing to the difficulties Of equippng and supplying
and directing such force.
Such arguments have little logic. The Fighting
French, notably and other similar groups, have been
encouraged to operate national units. They have
been outftted and armed quite as costly as though
they had been units in the British American ormies
and they have placed themselves under the general
United Nations command.
Why can't the Jews be permitted to do likewise?
SOFT, ARE WE?
Let the supernen, who have scorned civilized peo
piles soft ponder the response to Uncle Sons pleas
for to do the dangerous Of all wartime tosks
TO man merchantmen and tonkers.
More than 900 have applied Of whom To-,
600 possessed experience qualifications and
cepted. The rest referred to training services
which they have flooded.
Such anxiety to fooe submarines is not mark
4 of decodenoe.
NSeoFFEE. STRETCHING
B The experiment Of O restaurant chain in trying to
stretch its coffee supply with cereal substitutes has
EoeuIted in resoundino flop and on object apology.