President Roosevelt seemed to be shocked, called it a "day of infamy" 
and "an unprovoked, dastardly attack". However, U.S. Intelligence had 
been reading the Japanese diplomatic code for a long time, most sailors 
were ashore and the aircraft carriers were out at sea. It seemed that the 
entire Pacific Fleet was destroyed, but the ships sank in relatively shallow 
water, were salvaged, except the Arizona and the Oklahoma and 
were back in service in a short time. Some historians believe, the 
president had advance knowledge of the attack, but needed to shock 
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