Pearl Harbor episode 3: Countdown to the raid
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The Japanese Efforts to Cover the Pacific Fleet
The crew of these ships, i think it may have been 12 thousand people on these 30 sume ships. They weren't told where they were going until they got to that remote bay. The only way they communicated between themselves was with a signal, lights and semaphors. There really was a sense that this was a suicide mission.
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