News of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached General Douglas MacArthurs Headquarters in Manila very early Monday Morning, Decemer 8, 1941. U.S. forces were placed on alert for possible Japanese attacks on the Philippines. Lt. Joseph Moore, Commander of the 20th Squadron, stood by his P-40 waiting word from High Command, when at 12:35 PM a large force of aircraft approached from the Northwest. Moore immediately ordered his fighters into the air.
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