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Article: PACIFIC WAR CATCHES UP WITH THE JAPANESE AFTER PEARL HARBOR, U.S. CARRIER SUPERIORITY BEGINS TO WEAR DOWN THE ENEMY FLEET.(OUR MILLENNIUM)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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- July 25, 1999
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Byline: JACK DORSEY, STAFF WRITER
A year before being ordered to attack Pearl Harbor, Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Japanese Fleet, warned his superiors: ``If I am told to fight regardless of the consequences, I shall run wild for the first six months or a year. But I have utterly no confidence for the second or third year.''
His prognosis was right on the mark. Japan would pay a horrible price for its victory at Pearl Harbor throughout the 3 1/2-year Pacific Campaign of World War II.
When his half-dozen carriers and 350 aircraft delivered their surprise blow on Pearl at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 7, 1941, the wild run Yamamoto ...