Walter Lord's A Day Of Infamy

The novel A Day of Infamy has sold over one million copies and is still one of the most accurate stories ever told on Pearl Harbor. This book provides its reader with every small detail on the tragic day of December 7th. Throughout the book, the author Walter Lord is able to express the details on the attack of Pearl Harbor, allow the reader to understand the topic more thoroughly. The author of this novel is Walter Lord. Lord has written several books on historical subjects. Though when he writes the novel about the attack on Pearl harbor, his tone throughout the book is calm although he is writing about a tragic event. Walter Lord never mentions any personal experiences throughout the novel. Lord goes into detail and elaborates on how the …show more content…
It begins the night before the attack, when the sailors were enjoying a big party. Meanwhile, it elaborates on the Japanese and what they had been doing to prepare for the attacks the past months. The United States had intercepted a suspicious telephone call the night before, but didn’t think much of it. Next, Lord informs the reader how many airplanes and submarines were to be used in the attack, as well as their airplane of attack. As the morning approached, sailors were enjoying their breakfast when the first wave came through. This was completely unexpected for everyone. No one even knew the airplanes were going to attack until after they started attacking. The commanders of the ships then proceeded to tell their crew that this was not a drill. Many men at this point were frozen in shock. Boats began to get hit and leak oil. With the explosions and the oil, fire was everywhere. Men jumped off ships to attempt to save their own lives. At this point, the true heroes would step up. Many ships got hit and became overturned and sunk; However, some ships did not sink completely. Many men were stuck in the bottoms of ships as well. Meanwhile, men were beginning to fight back by shooting plans down with machine guns. “Falling bombs for a fleeting second looked like snowflakes” (pg 88) American men were able to successfully shoot down some Japanese airplanes down. However, the Japanese then targeted the US fighter planes, which made most

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