![]() Unless the United States regained control of the sea, even greater disaster loomed. He witnessed the events of that shattering and unifying "Day of Infamy." His mind began to race at high speeds at once on the problems and means of getting the broken fleet back into service for its giant task. On 7 December 1941 the then Captain Wallin was serving at Pearl Harbor. He had served intimately with Admiral Nimitz and with Admiral Halsey in the South Pacific, has commanded three different Navy Yards, and was a highly successful Chief of the Bureau of Ships. ![]() He was exactly the right man for it - in talent, in perception, and in experience. We were delighted when Admiral Wallin agreed to undertake the job. The Navy has long needed a succinct account of the salvage operations at Pearl Harbor that miraculously resurrected what appeared to be a forever shattered fleet. ![]() ![]() It is Admiral Wallin's own handicraft, with only minor modifications by this staff. Therefore, all will be interested in the unique volume that follows. Pearl Harbor will long stand out in men's minds as an example of the results of basic unpreparedness of a peace loving nation, of highly efficient treacherous surprise attack and of the resulting unification of America into a single tidal wave of purpose to victory.
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