This is a cache in a series of caches that highlights some of the Battles fought by American Forces. Hopefully as you go thru these, you will either refresh a memory or learn something new.
Refer to Day of an American Battle-19Oct2007 GC for a more detailed description
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas.
The cache is located at N34 31.523 w84 06.xx9
XX= The official desiginator (BB-??) of the battleship that was sunk with the loss of 1177 officers and crewmen minus 12