Pearl Harbor unleashed feelings of retaliation in US "boys" whovolunteered in droves to go to war. IF Japan hadn't sunk ships thatentombed soldiers alive, IF their planes had not bombed a hospital,and IF Japan had behaved in a more civilized manner, perhaps shockwould have prevailed among men. But the Pearl Harbor attack fueledevery fiber of anger in US citizens. Men did not know thatWashington, D.C. had been given warning of the attack, so sailorsthought the attack was unprovoked and unwarranted.This anger still burned when the US dropped two atomic bombs onJapan.