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[Pearl Harbor First Hand]

Description: Article written by Jeanne Maverick Cusack discussing her firsthand account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with her husband and young daughter. She recounts taking cover in her bathtub before being transferred to the military barracks with the rest of the women and children. Mrs. Cusack then retells her time spent on a transport bus to Honolulu where she would be met with Red Cross workers at Kawana Nakoa High School. She tells of taking care of her daughter Jill while waiting to be evac… more
Date: May 1942
Creator: The Ogontz School for Young Ladies
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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