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Veterans who fought in the war of Pearl Harbor and received a Medal of Hon. r, for their heroic actions of Pearl Harbor is: John William Finn and Samuel Glenn Faux. J non W. Finn during the first attack by Japanese airplanes on the Naval Air Station, Kankakee Bay, on 7 December 1941, Let. Finn was painfully wounded many times, he continued to man his gun and to return the enemy’s fire vigorously and with telling effect throughout the en Emmy strafing and bombing attacks and with complete disregard for his own personal safety. It was only by specific orders that he was persuaded to leave his post to seek medical attention.
Lath cough he was suffering much pain and moving with great difficulty, he returned to the aqua drone area and actively supervised the rearming of returning planes. His extraordinary heroic m and conduct in this action were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U. S. Naval Service e. Samuel G. Faux was the commencement of the attack, Let. Comer. Faux rushed to the quarterdeck of the U. S. S. Arizona to which he was attacked where he was stunned and knocked d win by the explosion of a large bomb which hit the quarterdeck, penetrated several deck s, and started a severe fire.
Upon regaining consciousness, he began to direct the fighting oft he fire and the rescue of wounded and injured personnel. Almost immediately there was a try momentous explosion forward, which made the ship appear to rise out of the water, shudder, and s title down by the bow rapidly. The whole forward part of the ship was enveloped in flames which h were spreading rapidly, and wounded and burned men were pouring out of the ship to the qua retarded. Despite these conditions, his harrowing experience, and severe enemy bombing and s tracing, at the time, Let.
Comer. Faux continued to direct the fighting of fires in order to check the m while the wounded and burned could be taken from the ship and supervised the rescue e of these men in such an amazingly calm and cool manner and with such excellent judgment t hat it inspired everyone who saw him and undoubtedly resulted in the saving of many lives. After realizing the ship could not be saved he remain on the quarterdeck and directed abandons g ship and rescue people until satisfied that everyone that could be saved was saved.
The condo CT of Let. Comer. Faux was not only in keeping with the highest traditions of the naval service but characterizes him as an outstanding leader of men. When the 7th of December 1941 was over, it was clear that the Japanese had delivered a tremendous blow to the United States. Five battles pips were sunk or sinking, t here destroyers were wrecked, a minelayers and target ship had capsized, two cruisers were baa idly damaged and many other ships needed repairs.
Habituated Navy and Army aviation was a Iso greatly diminished, feeding a sense of defensiveness and defeat that greatly exec deed the realities of the situation. Japan had hoped that the attack on Pearl Harbor would cripple the Pacific flee et and give Japan dominance over the pacific. The united States, however, was able to race over from its losses and strike back against Japan. In April 1942, the U. S. Launched a bomb nag mission, known as the Doolittle Raid, over Tokyo, a symbolic retaliation for Pearl Harbor that I improved morale.