Voices of History audio files provide educators and students of history with primary source materials to supplement traditional historical documents and textbooks. These narratives feature the voices of actual witnesses to significant periods in United States history and how those events affected their lives. These audio files bring a human context to the interpretation of historical events.
In this narrative, a survivor of the Japanese attach on Pearl Harbor recalls his experiences and feelings on that eventful day and the months that followed. This eyewitness account of an American sailor documents the aftermath of the attack and the feelings of the men who were suddenly involved in global war.