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Edwards' now famous announcement: "Attention everybody --
Pearl Harbor is being bombed by the Japanese. This is not a war
game; this is not a workout; this is the real McCoy...all service
men and defense workers report for duty at once...civilians, go
home, get off the streets, keep calm." The lieutenant rushed off
to his duty. Mr. Coryell went home and found the campus people
either watching from Rocky Hill, standing around in troubled
groups, or glued to their radios hoping for further details. There
were calls for doctors and nurses and there were one-way reports
on the police band. Otherwise there was silence, and billowing
smoke in the west.

A little before noon, while the usual paper bag luncheons were being distributed at dole hall, fires broke out on nearby mcCully street "it was generally believed at the time that the three McCully fires were caused by incendary bombs; many persons even reported seeing such bombs fall. But Honolulu FD officials reached the conclusion that no incendaries were used in the raid. Evidence indicated that a projectile started the first blaze aparks from which probably caused the next two. This contention is strengthened by the fact that the Lunalilio roof did not burse into flame until half an hour after the McCully street fire was reported. for the firsyt time the danger felt real and close.teachers and girls on the upper floors came downstairs dragging mattresses for the night. The Red Cross unit was established in the basement. A few refugees from Hickam field were being made comfortable. The radio announced orders from the Military Government for the closing of all schools and a complete blackout at dusk. campus men and boys met and originzed into a guard for the night. ROTC rifles were without firing pins, but the officer in charge authorized teachers to arm themselves if they could, some had only a stick, a length of pipe or a hammer, but each man and boy patrolled a portion of the campus on four hour watch, One teacher, with his two twelve year old partners, held up an armed "M.P" who proved to be searching for his wife among the refugees, At nine o'clock a terrific explosion broke windows in Montague hall and Puahi, an anti-aircraft shell had exploded onn the lawn between the two buildings. But it was at 1:10am that Punahou's war-time fate was decided. Trucksof the corps of Engineers rolled up to the main gate and mr berger, guard at that vicinity, was informed that the gate and engineers were taking over the school equipment Cooke Library, containing the school switchboard would serve as headquarters. Before anyone could obtain the keys, impatient officers had broken a door and were moving gurniture about, while more trucks