Japanese attack pilots use music from Hawaiian radio station to home in on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 7 1941)


Video: 'E.02 - Genda's Plan - Pearl Harbor - WW2 - 120 B - December 7, 1941' (covers the attack on Pearl Harbor in real time from 6:40-7:10 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time)

(Sunday, December 7, 1941, 7:00 a.m. in Honolulu/12:30 p.m. in Washington/Monday, December 8, 1941, 2:30 a.m. in Tokyo; during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, part of the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of World War II) — The first wave of Japanese aircraft, at around 130 miles from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and commanded by Mitsuo Fuchida, used music from an Hawaiian radio station to home in on the U.S. target.


Video: 'Pearl Harbor Minute by Minute' (10-video playlist that covers the attack on Pearl Harbor in real time from 6:10-11:10 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time)