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The Ghosts of Pearl Harbor – The Heroes Facts and Figures

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The movies “Tora! Tora! Tora!” and “Pearl Harbor” give us the erroneous impression that the only American defenders over Oahu were two Army Air Force (AAF) P-40 pilots. In fact, a number of pilots managed to make it into the air and battle the attackers. This combat ranged all over the island and was not merely, as the movies would have it, centered on the harbor. Newspaper accounts and interviews with 2nd L. George S....

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