Letter from Franklin Warren VanWert to his mother


Title
Letter from Franklin Warren VanWert to his mother
Description
Letter from Franklin Warren VanWert to his mother written while he was stationed aboard USS Breckinridge (AP-176). He discusses the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, stating, "The radio reports came so shockingly and so vague." Additionally, he states that their ship was detached from the 15th Naval District in Panama and is now part of the Special Service Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.
Date
December 07, 1941
Original Format
letters
Extent
17cm x 26cm
Local Identifier
0704-b1-fa
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Location of Original
East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Nanette Hardison Dec 07 2018

On a Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the navy base at Pearl Harbor was suddenly attacked by the Imperial Navy of Japan. The attack was devastating in both loss of life and naval ships among them being the USS Arizona. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would later declare in his speech to Congress that December 7, 1941, would be “A Day that will Live in Infamy”. The Pearl Harbor attack was instrumental in getting the United States into World War II. The letter, written on the day of the attack, describes what VanWert heard about the attack that day.

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