Betty McIntosh, Survivor Of Pearl Harbor Attack, Releases Previously Censored Account Of Tragedy

Pearl Harbor Releases Previously Censored Account Of Attack
FILE - This Dec. 1941 file photo shows heavy damage to ships stationed at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian island on Dec. 7, 1941. The most comparable attack against the United States was the surprise Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, that plunged the U.S. into war. The nation marked the 10-year anniversary of Pearl Harbor much differently than now. Just like the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11, how the nation experienced the anniversary of Pearl Harbor was shaped by what was happening in the world in 1951. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)
FILE - This Dec. 1941 file photo shows heavy damage to ships stationed at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian island on Dec. 7, 1941. The most comparable attack against the United States was the surprise Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, that plunged the U.S. into war. The nation marked the 10-year anniversary of Pearl Harbor much differently than now. Just like the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11, how the nation experienced the anniversary of Pearl Harbor was shaped by what was happening in the world in 1951. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

On Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor, I was working as a reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. After a week of war, I wrote a story directed at Hawaii's women; I thought it would be useful for them to know what I had seen. It might help prepare them for what lay ahead. But my editors thought the graphic content would be too upsetting for readers and decided not to run my article. It appears here for the first time.

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