December 7 1941

In his own words, here is Elmer Boice’s recollection of the events leading to the attack on Pearl Habor on Dec. 7, 1941.

It was a Saturday, the 29th of November, 1941. I am assigned to cook in the headquarters of the 16th Coast Artillery, which is located at the base of Diamond Head, Territory of Hawaii.

I enjoyed a few hours at the beach and returned about 3 p.m. to the barracks and was greeted by my bess sergeant, who informed me that we had been put on “alert status.”

It was my responsibility to set up a kitchen and to prepare meals for men who were sent up to Diamond Head, which has an observation area. There were three levels of telescopes which were used to track surface ships up to 30 miles from shore… Read the complete article here

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