Qualla: Pearl Harbor: The Day That Woke a Sleeping Giant https://qualla.com/pearl-harbor-infamy en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:05 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/pearl-harbor-infamy-wk/entrance-pearl-harbor.jpg Qualla: Pearl Harbor: The Day That Woke a Sleeping Giant https://qualla.com/pearl-harbor-infamy Pearl Harbor: The Day That Woke a Sleeping Giant: Introduction https://qualla.com/pearl-harbor-infamy/ Photo credit Cynthiaah, CC BY-SA 4.0. The oil still rises. More than eighty years after the attack, the USS Arizona leaks up to nine quarts of fuel oil per day, rising in iridescent slicks from its underwater tomb. The ship sank in less than nine minutes after a bomb pierced its forward magazine; 1,177 sailors and Marines went down with it, most still entombed within. Above the wreck floats the white memorial, straddling the sunken hull, allowing visitors to see what remains below. Pearl Harbor was not just an attack but a transformation - the moment America's isolationism ended, the moment the 20th century's defining conflict began in earnest for the nation that would win it. December 7, 1941, remains what Roosevelt called it: a date which will live in infamy.

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/pearl-harbor-infamy-wk/87z9-pearl-harbor-the-day-that-woke-a-sleeping-giant-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Pearl Harbor: The Day That Woke a Sleeping Giant: The Attack https://qualla.com/pearl-harbor-infamy/ Photo credit Naval Surface Warriors, CC BY-SA 2.0. They came from the north, 353 Japanese aircraft in two waves, launched from carriers that had crossed the Pacific undetected. The first bombs fell at 7:48 AM Hawaiian time. By 9:45 AM, it was over. Eight battleships damaged or destroyed; 188 aircraft lost; 2,403 Americans dead. T...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/pearl-harbor-infamy-wk/87z9-pearl-harbor-the-day-that-woke-a-sleeping-giant-the-attack.mp3 0:06 2 full Pearl Harbor: The Day That Woke a Sleeping Giant: The Response https://qualla.com/pearl-harbor-infamy/ Photo credit Matthew Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Roosevelt's address to Congress the next day lasted six minutes. Within an hour, the United States declared war on Japan; Germany and Italy declared war on the United States three days later. The isolationism that had kept America out of European and Asian conflicts evaporated in...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/pearl-harbor-infamy-wk/87z9-pearl-harbor-the-day-that-woke-a-sleeping-giant-the-response.mp3 0:06 3 full Pearl Harbor: The Day That Woke a Sleeping Giant: The Memorial https://qualla.com/pearl-harbor-infamy/ Photo credit PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 4.0. The USS Arizona Memorial was dedicated in 1962, designed by architect Alfred Preis, himself an Austrian immigrant detained after the attack. The white structure spans the sunken battleship without touching it - sag in the middle representing initial defeat, elevated ends represen...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/pearl-harbor-infamy-wk/87z9-pearl-harbor-the-day-that-woke-a-sleeping-giant-the-memorial.mp3 0:06 4 full Pearl Harbor: The Day That Woke a Sleeping Giant: The Complex https://qualla.com/pearl-harbor-infamy/ Photo credit Mark Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pearl Harbor today encompasses multiple memorials and museums. The Battleship Missouri, site of Japan's surrender in 1945, is moored nearby - bookending the Pacific War from infamy to victory. The USS Oklahoma Memorial marks each of its 429 dead with a marble column. The Pacific ...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/9/pearl-harbor-infamy-wk/87z9-pearl-harbor-the-day-that-woke-a-sleeping-giant-the-complex.mp3 0:06 5 full Pearl Harbor: The Day That Woke a Sleeping Giant: Visiting Pearl Harbor https://qualla.com/pearl-harbor-infamy/ Photo credit User:Mac_Davis, Public domain. Pearl Harbor National Memorial is located on Oahu, Hawaii, approximately 30 minutes from Waikiki. The USS Arizona Memorial is free but requires timed tickets; reserve online weeks ahead or arrive early for same-day availability. No bags, purses, or camera cases allowed - lockers ...

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