It’s said the guns of the first Zero to strafe Nevada’s deck sprayed at the band first, but missed entirely, hitting only the flag and the wooden deck around them.īut the band played on - albeit much faster than when they’d started.
Again and again, the decks of the Nevada were strafed by the enemy. When 8 o’clock came, McMillan struck up the band and began the national anthem.Īstern of the USS Arizona, the Nevada was a favorite target of Japanese Zeros that had released their bombs on Arizona but still had room to attack. As the band formed up to play morning colors at 8 a.m., they noticed something strange in the distance - 183 planes of the first attack wave, along with kicked-up dirt and sand - and thought it was another exercise.
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