[Reproduction of 2nd Extra Edition], Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 7 December 1941

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[Reproduction of 2nd Extra Edition], Honolulu Star-Bulletin , 7 December 1941

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Four Waves, Start At 7:55, Oahu Hit In Many Places

BULLETIN

By The Associated Press

TOKYO, Dec. 7- Imperial headquarters announced at 6 o'clock tonight that Japan had entered a state of war with the United States and Great Britain in the western Pacific from dawn today.

Honolulu and Oahu came through a baptism of fire today with calm and determination as wave after wave of Japanese bombers rained missles all over the island.

At 3 this afternoon army, navy, the police and various civilian agencies were on a war footing, and faced possible further attacks with undaunted vigor and courage.

At 3 p. m. the police reported that, based on information from the city emergency hospital and the morgue there are 25 known dead and 56 known injured in the bombing raids.

In Washington President Roosevelt announced that the raids were by Japanese bombers.

A United Press dispatch at 3 this afternoon said that estimates given out at Washington are that 400 are dead and 300 injured, of the army forces on Oahu alone.

Japanese raiding planes struck hardest at the army and navy bases, but the city of Honolulu itself suffered severe damage.

Deaths on Oahu are reported at more than 400, counting army and civilian fatalities. Navy casualties have not been announced.

Estimate of the army deaths was given out in a White House statement at Washington tonight.

REPORTS GUAM, PANAMA ATTACKED

Unconfirmed reports this afternoon based oh fragmentary broadcast reports heard on mainland stations, were that both Guam and Panama had been attacked by the Japanese.

Press association dispatches mentioned possible attacks on Manila but there was no confirmation of this.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (U.P.)-The White House tonight issued a preliminary estimate that 400 were dead and more than 300 wounded in the army forces alone on Oahu. Civilian casualties were not mentioned.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7. (U.P.)-NBC tonight heard the Panama radio broadcast that a Japanese aircraft carrier was sunk off Honolulu.

SHANGHAI, Monday, Dec. 8. (U.P.)-The Osaka Mainichi reported from Tokyo today that Japanese imperial headquarters announced a naval battle between the Japanese and the British and American fleets is going on "in the western Pacific."

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Citation :	Reproduction of the Honolulu Star's 2d Extra Edition, 7 December 1941, John Wallace Gilpin Papers.
Location :	East Carolina Manuscript Collection, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 USA
Call Number :	John Wallace Gilpin Papers #833.3.d. Display Collection Guide


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