Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980 Page: 29
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Marcello ;dead lying out on the parade ground,and you said that it was
also at this time that the consolidated mess was hit.
Just a few minutes or five minutes later or something to
that effect, While we were out there, outside, thehave been dead,
You mentioned that when you went outside, men were
lined up in formation, Was somebody lining them up in
formation, or was this just habitual on their part?
They were just getting out there. Nobody knew what
to do or how to do it, There was mass confusion.
In the meantime, what is happening in the air above?
Planes were flying over. You could see the Pearl Harbor--
the smoke coming out of there. Planes were coming out
of the sky, heading toward Pearl Harbor and hitting
Hickam at the same time.
What kind of activity was taking place there at Hickam?
In other words, were these dive-bombers, strafers, or what?
The bombers were at higher altitudes.
I m referring now to the first wave coming over, when you
first came out of the barracks.
When we first came out of the barracks, I don't know if
they were dive-bombers. It was the strafing-type coming in,
and at higher altitudes you could see the bombers. I
didn't recognize that it was bombers at that time.
Okay, so you go outside the barracks, you see some of theRoffman:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Roffman, Louis. Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980, book, December 8, 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2100315/m1/31/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.