“No One Avoided Danger” is a detailed combat narrative of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attacks on NAS Kaneohe Bay, one of two naval air stations on the island of O'ahu. Partly because of Kaneohe's location-15 air miles over a mountain range from the main site of that day's infamous attack on Pearl Harbor-military historians have largely ignored the station's story. Moreover, there is an understandable tendency to focus on the massive destruction sustained by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The attacks on NAS Kaneohe Bay, however, were equally destructive and no less disastrous, notwithstanding the station's considerable distance from the harbor. The work focuses on descriptions of actions in the air and on the ground at the deepest practical, personal, and tactical level, from both the American and Japanese perspectives. Such a synthesis is possible only by pursuing every conceivable source of American documents, reminiscences, interviews, and photographs. Similarly, the authors sought out Japanese accounts and photography from the attacks, many appearing in print for the first time. Information from the Japanese air group and aircraft carrier action reports has never before been used. On the American side, the authors also have researched the Official Military Personnel Files at the National Personnel Records Center and National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri, extracting service photographs and details of the military careers of American officers and men. The authors are among the first historians to be allowed access to previously unused service records. The authors likewise delved into the background and personalities of key Japanese participants, and have translated and incorporated the Japanese aircrew rosters from the attack. This accumulation of data and information makes possible an intricate and highly integrated story that is unparalleled. The interwoven narratives of both sides provide a deeper understanding of the events near Kane'ohe Bay than any previous history. “No One Avoided Danger is the first in a unique trilogy centered upon the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor which brought the U.S. into World War II―hard. The authors created a unique approach, as well. Each of the three authors possess expertise and proficiency. The authors uniquely concentrate on the myriad independent actions taken by combatants, civilians, spouses. Like a masterpiece painting, the broad strokes (strategic moves) catch the eye and are easiest to research and understand but it is the small strokes providing the details (actions of individuals) which make it a work of the ages instead of a simple illustration.... This book is welcome.” ―Travel for Aircraft “Wenger, Cressman, and DiVirgilio’s work remains faithfully focused on the immediate experiences of the men and women at NAS Kaneohe that day, an impressive tribute to all the personnel who conducted themselves ‘in a manner which was in keeping with the best tradition of the Navy.’”– Sea History Magazine “No One Avoided Danger represents one of the most valuable additions to the voluminous literature on Pearl Harbor that has been published in the last decade.” ―H-Net “This new book is an unusual and worthwhile treatment of a well-known subject and is hopefully only the first volume in a continuing series of titles that focus on more specific areas of the strike that hurled the U.S. into its most important conflict until the current long-going war against terrorism.”―Naval Aviation News “The massive Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of most traumatic events in U.S. history. Oceans of ink have been spilled examining why it was a surprise and who was to blame. Yet it was also a desperate battle, bravely fought by both sides. With superb research and acute analysis, Wenger, Cressman and Di Virgilio return the actual participants and events to center stage to narrate precisely what occurred on 7 December 1941 at Kāne‘ohe Bay. This reviewer eagerly awaits future installments in what will be the definitive history of the Pearl Harbor attack.”―JOHN B. LUNDSTROM, author of Black Shoe Carrier Admiral “In ‘No One Avoided Danger’, Michael Wenger, Robert Cressman, and John Di Virgilio provide a fascinating account of Japan's aerial assault on Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay as part of its attack on Pearl Harbor and Hawai'i on 7 December 1941. This book should appeal to a large readership. It is substantially based on the recollections of those present during the surprise raid and is filled with interesting photographs of the aviation facilities that were bombed and strafed, and of the sailors and Marines who were targeted and who fought back as best they could.”―DR. JEFFREY G. BARLOW, retired historian, Naval History and Heritage Command “This is the first volume in what will surely become the definitive history of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The authors' meticulous research into the Japanese and American archives has revealed a wealth of new information on this operation. Indeed, the