At 7:55am Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II.

Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lieut. Gen. Walter C. Short, who shared command at Pearl Harbor, were warned of the possibility of war, specifically on October 16 and again on November 24 and 27. The notice of November 27, to Kimmel, began, “This dispatch is to be considered a war warning,” went on to say that “negotiations have ceased,” and directed the admiral to “execute an appropriate defensive deployment.

On Oct. 27, 1941, Fort Ward incetercepted a Japanese Agent "Sato" Radio Communication, sent from Seattle, Washington, describing warship being repaired at Bremerton, Washington, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

On Nov. 19, 1941, 'S" Station intercepted Japanese plans for the famous “winds” code in which a weather forecast would signal the end of diplomatic relations.

Then at 1:28am PST December 7, 1941, the last of a series of 14 messages being sent over the previous 18 hours was intercepted by the "United States Navy Communications Intercept Station" at Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, Washington, a radio message by the Japanese government directed to the Japanese ambassador in Washington, DC. This significant Japanese radio message presented Fort Word Naval Radio Station a place in WWII History and Historical Naval Landmark.

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