Pearl Harbor survivor recalls historic hours that pulled America into World War II
By: Todd South  
On a Saturday night in December 1941, Richard Young was sitting with his buddies aboard the destroyer Worden, whiling away the evening hours before what they expected to be a leisure Sunday.
The sailors began speculating on what would happen if the Japanese Navy did attack Pearl Harbor, because despite later accounts, many at the station knew such an incident was possible, maybe even likely.
“I said I believed the Japanese would strike the oil tanks,†Young told Military Times.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/12/07/pearl-harbor-survivor-recalls-historic-hours-that-pulled-america-into-world-war-ii/
