7:57 a.m.: The first Japanese planes are mistaken for an American exercise; then Commander Logan Ramsey broadcasts in clear: “AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NOT AN EXERCISE!”—the message that jolted the United States from its long slumber.
7:57 a.m.: The first Japanese planes are mistaken for an American exercise; then Commander Logan Ramsey broadcasts in clear: “AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NOT AN EXERCISE!”—the message that jolted the United States from its long slumber.