Original U.S. WWII Named USS Ward Commendation Citation of First Shot Fired at Pearl Harbor One Hour Before The Attack Japanese Air Force 395th Infantry

395th Infantry

A very rarely seen piece of Naval and signal history

including Nichols Field and Fort William McKinley

which along with the 59 ink stamp

It looks like it may have been sharpened at one point

Original U.S. WWII Named USS Ward Commendation Citation of First Shot Fired at Pearl Harbor One Hour Before The Attack Japanese Air Force 395th InfantryOriginal Items: One of a Kind. This is an incredible historically significant collection of items attributed to the USS Ward which fired the first shots of America's involvement in World War Two occurred one hour an ten minutes before the Japanese aerial attack. We now know that the Japanese government intended to declare war on the United States and attack Pearl Harbor an hour later. But a snafu inside the Japanese Embassy on the weekend and an issue