narrative essay/Pearl Harbor
Marie Ferguson
Mr. Matson
Final Copy of essay #2
The Attack on Pearl Harbor Today is a nice warm day on the USS ARIZONA. It was sunny outside with a nice cool breeze. There was not a cloud in site. I was lying in bed when my bunk partner decided to jump out of his bed. He was totally unaware of me lying in mine. As he landed on me I fell off and hit the floor and felt one of my teeth fall out. I stood up and before I had the chance to say anything we heard the sound no one in the harbor wanted to hear. As I was running through the barracks the sirens were blaring and everyone was running around like crazy. While I was running to the top deck I heard people yelling “were under attack”, the German’s are here”, or “get to your stations”. People were running as fast as they could to the top decks of their ships. As I looked towards the sky I noticed hundreds of fighter and bomber planes about to fly over. While I was looking around my commander was yelling at me telling me to grab the AA gun and start shooting. As I was shooting, I noticed that the planes weren’t German but in fact Japanese bombers. While I was shooting the fighter next to me took a bullet to his skull and blood poured out. After just four minutes my ship had over 100 men in the water, dead, or wounded. There were ships exploding off in the distance and there was fire everywhere. People were running around and some were jumping into the water. It was complete chaos on the ARIZONA. I had somehow managed to take down two planes, damage five, and kill one pilot. While I was aiming at a plane a bomb hit the first deck of our ship sending me and countless others overboard. I hit the water pretty hard and sunk several feet. I was swimming up to the surface when I heard a noise and saw fire everywhere. When I reached the top of the water I found the USS ARIZONA torn in half. I looked around to find the water filled with swimming sailors and dead bodies. I started swimming
Mr. Matson
Final Copy of essay #2
The Attack on Pearl Harbor Today is a nice warm day on the USS ARIZONA. It was sunny outside with a nice cool breeze. There was not a cloud in site. I was lying in bed when my bunk partner decided to jump out of his bed. He was totally unaware of me lying in mine. As he landed on me I fell off and hit the floor and felt one of my teeth fall out. I stood up and before I had the chance to say anything we heard the sound no one in the harbor wanted to hear. As I was running through the barracks the sirens were blaring and everyone was running around like crazy. While I was running to the top deck I heard people yelling “were under attack”, the German’s are here”, or “get to your stations”. People were running as fast as they could to the top decks of their ships. As I looked towards the sky I noticed hundreds of fighter and bomber planes about to fly over. While I was looking around my commander was yelling at me telling me to grab the AA gun and start shooting. As I was shooting, I noticed that the planes weren’t German but in fact Japanese bombers. While I was shooting the fighter next to me took a bullet to his skull and blood poured out. After just four minutes my ship had over 100 men in the water, dead, or wounded. There were ships exploding off in the distance and there was fire everywhere. People were running around and some were jumping into the water. It was complete chaos on the ARIZONA. I had somehow managed to take down two planes, damage five, and kill one pilot. While I was aiming at a plane a bomb hit the first deck of our ship sending me and countless others overboard. I hit the water pretty hard and sunk several feet. I was swimming up to the surface when I heard a noise and saw fire everywhere. When I reached the top of the water I found the USS ARIZONA torn in half. I looked around to find the water filled with swimming sailors and dead bodies. I started swimming