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Two messages from the War Department alerted us to the possibility of an attack by Japan at any hour.

— Lewis H. Brereton

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The German progress with jet aircraft places them way ahead of us in this field. If they can make them in sufficient strength they may become a serious threat to our deep heavy-bomber penetration.

I grabbed the phone and talked to General Sutherland, who informed me that the Japs had bombed Pearl Harbor ... and that a state of war existed. It came as a surprise to no one.

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