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After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Whiteside noted, student attitudes began to change. They began to concentrate on academics and socializing before the war claimed their futures. There was the need to "dot all the i's and cross all the t's before [we] leave this place never to return," says Whiteside...
...friendships built up and a lot of people getting together," he says. "To me it will never be quite the same. In many ways it's more modern and there are nicer facilities, but I always look back with longing at that time."Courtesy Harvard ArchivesPre-Pearl Harbor: Harvard students protest outside the office of Harvard President James Bryant Conant '14 against increased U.S. involvement...
Immediately following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, both Harvard and Radcliffe mobilized quickly to meet the demands of World War II's unexpected escalation...
...Goethals, the decision to volunteer for service was a matter of carrying on a family tradition. A sophomore when Pearl Harbor was bombed, Goethals says the war was a "troubled time" for him because he had difficulty deciding if he should complete his years at Harvard or enlist as many of his classmates...
...also says he felt isolated from world events within the walls of Harvard Yard because "the day after Pearl Harbor, I went to Latin class and the professor droned on as if nothing had happened in the world...