From the PBS show of November 23, 2016.
The USS Ward engaged a Japanese mini-sub shortly before the attack began.
The first wave of Japanese planes, 183 of them, was discovered 136 miles out when they were picked up on radar. They were dismissed as being a flight of B-17s coming over from the mainland scheduled for that time.
The Japanese planes had veterans flying and the attack began with the words: "Tora, Tora, Tora."
They couldn't believe they had caught the U.S. military on Oahu so unprepared. Their planes flew so low that many Americans reported seeing the Japanese pilots laughing and smiling.
The TV show used actual footage and recreations using special effects.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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