Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Murphy, May 30, 1977 Page: 12
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Murphy:It was the Utah, the old target battleship.
All right. Well, that's the one that I had dinner on the
weekend that the Japanese ambassador was going through
Hawaii. I had dinner on . . . we went out there; it was
lovely. We had all the officers in their fancy white uni-
forms; they blew the whistle as we came aboard. It was a
very lovely evening.
How safe and secure did you feel in the Hawaiian Islands?
I wasn't . . . I felt safe! I mean, I didn't think (chuckle)
anything would ever happen.
Did you ever have very much contact with the Japanese civilians
on the islands?
Oh, yes. We had Japanese maids, and I had met some Japanese
families. They were very pleasant, very courteous.
Okay, I think this brings us more or less up to the actual
time before the attack itself. What I want you to do at this
point, Mrs. Murphy, is to begin by talking about that weekend
of December 7, 1941. I want you to go into as much detail
as you can remember. Where would it be best to start? On
that Friday or Saturday? Do you remember, for example,
what your routine was on that Friday? That would have been
December 5, 1941.
I don't remember the hours I worked, but I know I went on at
seven o'clock in the morning. I have no idea if I took the
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Murphy, Elizabeth. Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Murphy, May 30, 1977, book, May 30, 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc98989/m1/14/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.