CSPAN3 Pearl Harbor Deck Logs December 11, 2016
Yesterday, december 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. To mark the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor, we visited the National Archives in college park, maryland, to see a selection of five u. S. Navy deck logs from that day. The logs are routine written records of activities and observations on naval ships, but they were anything but routine on the day of infamy. I am chris carter. I am an archivist at the National Archives in college park, maryland. Today we are going to look at the deck logs of various ships located at pearl harbor during the attack. A deck log is a reco...