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Sunday in Hell: Pearl Harbor Minute by Minute Paperback – April 29, 2014

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The author of A Return to Glory constructs a compellingly detailed and panoramic history of the fateful day that ushered the United States into WWII.

Using long-established historical records and contemporary journals, as well as recently released wartime documents, Bill McWilliams has created a brand-new minute-by-minute narrative of the Day That Will Live in Infamy. Told from the points of view of dozens of characters, from generals and admirals and politicians and diplomats down to deckhands and private soldiers and innocent civilians at all levels, this panoramic overview of one of the most traumatizing and shocking events in American history puts the reader in a position to understand the big picture of strategy and tactics, as well as the intimate details of what the chaos, violence, and presence of death felt like to people immersed in the surprise of an armed attack on American soil.

December 7, 1941, was a turning point in the history of the United States, which had been teetering on a decision between isolationism and intervention. One might argue that every US military engagement since then has been affected by what happened when America learned that it could not stand by and watch war among strangers without potentially becoming involved—whether we wished to or not.
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Bill McWilliams was born in Brownsville, Texas, was raised in small towns in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado, and received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from the third congressional district of Colorado. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree and earned a master of science in business administration from the George Washington University while attending the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He later attended the US Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, where he completed ten months of senior management training.

His air force service included work as a flight and classroom instructor in undergraduate pilot and fighter training; a seven-month combat tour in the Republic of Vietnam, where he flew one hundred twenty-eight fighter-bomber close-support and interdiction missions; and posts at the United States Air Force Academy as commanding and flight instructor for cadets receiving familiarization training in light aircraft. Later he served in the Republic of Korea for two years, and at the Air Force Tactical Fighter Weapons Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. After leaving the Air Force he served more than eight years in systems engineering and management positions in the aerospace industry.

McWilliams’s writing includes two Korean War histories—A Return to Glory: The Untold Story of Honor, Dishonor, and Triumph at the United States Military Academy, 1950–53 and On Hallowed Ground: The Last Battle for Pork Chop Hill—plus numerous articles, including series in newspapers and magazines. The ESPN made-for-television movie Code Breakers, which premiered in December 2005, was based on McWilliams’s first book.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media; Illustrated edition (April 29, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1016 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1497638828
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1497638822
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.67 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 2.28 x 8.5 inches
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Bill McWilliams was born in Brownsville, TX, raised in small towns in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado and received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, from the third congressional district of Colorado. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree, and earned a Master of Science degree in Business Administration from The George Washington University while attending the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL. He later attended the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, PA, where he completed ten months of senior management training.

His Air Force service included assignments as: a flight and classroom instructor in undergraduate pilot training and fighter training; a seven month combat tour in the Republic of Vietnam where he flew 128 fighter-bomber close support and interdiction missions; and a United States Air Force Academy Air Officer Commanding and flight instructor for cadets receiving familiarization training in light aircraft. Later he served in the Republic of Korea for two years, and at the Air Force Tactical Fighter Weapons Center in Las Vegas, NV. While on active duty he served in various capacities including flight safety officer, accident investigator and board president in investigating, writing and reporting results of 14 major aircraft accidents, and literally hundreds of incidents. After leaving the Air Force he served more than eight years in systems engineering and management positions in the aerospace industry in the early stages of such programs as the Air Force's latest operational fighter, the F-22 Raptor; the Army's sight system for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle; the ground mapping sensors for the Navy's Tomahawk Cruise Missile; and Hughes Aircraft's satellite production programs.

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S. Fox
5.0 out of 5 stars An incredibly detailed book
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2015
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I had read other books that dealt with the attack on Pearl Harbor, but I was looking forward to this book because I thought I’d get even more details. I didn’t know the half of it. Now some who gave this book negative reviews didn’t like the fact they had to read a lot before finally getting to the actual attack. That wasn’t a problem for me because I liked the huge picture that Bill McWilliams painted which led up to the attack. You don’t just get what the politicians and higher ranking officers, plus a few lower ranking officers were experiencing. Instead you get to find out what many lower ranking officers and enlisted personnel and civilians were doing in the weeks and months before, during, and after the attack.

There are many examples I could choose from, but I’ll mention the seaplane tender USS Tangier commanded by Capt. Clifton A.F. Sprague. The ship was berthed on the west side of Ford Island and was one of the first to respond to the attacking planes because Sprague didn’t follow orders. Many ships in the harbor that day would under go an Admirals’ Inspection on December 8th so the ammunition in the ready boxes had been removed and stored in the magazines. Sprague ordered the ammunition left in the boxes because he had “come out here to fight a war!” But if an admiral wanted to come on board he’d have to signal the ship and the crew would have time to hide the ammunition. I mention Sprague because he would go onto become an admiral and command the escort carriers of Taffy 3 in the Battle off Samar Island. This is dealt with in a great book, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.

McWilliams takes the reader to numerous ships, airfields and the hospitals the wounded would be transported to. I also liked finding out what happened in the weeks following the attack. The fact that the US had no idea where the Japanese fleet was why they continued to search the area around the islands. Then Admiral Kimmel ordered a relief expedition to Wake Island, but it was ordered back by Admiral Pye. The evacuation of the thousands of civilians on the islands was something I was unaware of. This leads me to the one negative I have of the book. While I loved all the details the author provides, one detail got a bit tedious. When ships were at sea, in particular the convoys traveling between Hawaii and the west coast, McWilliams seemed to give every little course change they made. I could have done without so much of that. Also I would like to have seen a few more maps showing the locations mentioned in the book along with where ships were attacked and sunk. But other than that, I thought it was a great book.
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MarkStan
4.0 out of 5 stars I really like this book (still reading it after 3 months or ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2015
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I really like this book (still reading it after 3 months or so) but at 1000+ pages, may be a bit too long and detailed.
As the name implies, it is really minute by minute, or at least hour by hour and jumps around a lot. You need to pay attention for sure, but learned
some things about the attack I did not know.
Living on the West Coast, the author goes into most if not all happenings the first few weeks in my area. I enjoyed reading about some of the Southern California incidents.
I would recommend this book, but be aware that it will take some time to read.
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Dinerstein
3.0 out of 5 stars Making it personal
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2019
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This book makes the history "personal". It reveals what individuals experienced... something very valuable for today's service men and women...and even more so for many young people who have no idea what combat, or even military life, is like.
For the broad background the author relies on previous works. Prange and Fushida, the former realized a great deal on the latter. While Prange's works are still classics recent scholarship has shown Fushida version of events is flawed and this has also had some I'm pop act on Prange.
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Kate Doolan
5.0 out of 5 stars Well done Bill!!!
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2013
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To those in Australia who were alive in December 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor was only another day in a war that started in September 1939. To the United States however, it was a sneak attack that forced them into enter into the Second World War and come out from the neutrality and isolationism of the 1930s. We all know the story of the ambush and attack but in this wonderful new book, author Bill McWilliams(disclaimer, we are long time friends), takes us on a gritty journey back into December 1941. Focusing always on people involved, including the story of young Annapolis graduate and his bride, the author gives great detail on the month of December 1941. Most authors leave the Pearl Harbor story on FDR's declaration of war but we find out what happened in the landmark month of December 1941. From the initial shock of the attack to a grim determination to strike back at all costs. I highly recommend this stunning history and will recommend it to anyone interested in World War 2. On a personal note, I am visiting Hawaii in June and look forward to visiting Pearl Harbor and seeing the places that Bill wrote about in such detail...
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Kate555
5.0 out of 5 stars My Father's Book: Sunday in Hell Pearl Harbor Minute by Minute, Author Bill McWilliams
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2013
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Recommended to Kate by: My Father, Author Bill McWilliams
Recommended for: All readers of action-packed history

Sunday in Hell Pearl Harbor Minute by Minute is a riveting, powerful, engaging, factual, and bloody history book! This book will take you in to another world, another time, and in to the lives of many people who survived and remember that horrible day in history, and what it did to their lives. The multi-published Author and Screenplay writer, Bill McWilliams, is my Father, who gave me full permission to promote this book. If you enjoy reading, you will enjoy the history of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in The Territory of Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. This attack lead to the U.S. involvement in WWII. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves to read history that feels like an action-packed novel!

Daughter of Author Bill McWilliams, Kate Mendenhall
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Robert Purvis
4.0 out of 5 stars Great deal of information about some of the individual participants.
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2018
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The author refers to "At Dawn We Slept" a number of times and then amplifies on some of the details. He brings a much more personal view of the day through the eyes of some of the less than famous men and women who were of part of the history made on December 7th.
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L. Blackwell
5.0 out of 5 stars It appears to be an excellent summary of what happen that day
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016
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While I rate this book highly, it probably is not for everyone. I am old enough to have been a youngster on December 7, 1941. And I lived in Honolulu some years after that date. It appears to be an excellent summary of what happen that day, primarily of the American in the military. War is hell and it certainly was that Sunday. This was an emotional book for me and I cried at times finally knowing what happened. I cleaned bullet holes at Schofield and played taps at Punchbowl. This is a tough book to get through if you've been in the armed forces. But it is an excellently written book.
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