Which event was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service while Magruder Hill Tuttle was a senior officer in the United States Navy?
Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War II. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI, and as Operation Z during its planning.
Frederick T. Moore, Jr. Frederick T. Moore, Jr. was a United States Navy captain. During World War II he was executive officer of Fighter Squadron 1 operating off the carrier  and commanding officer of the Air Group 35 aboard the aircraft carrier  in the Pacific. During the Korean War, he was the commanding officer of naval air training at NAS Pensacola and the air officer on the  . His first sea command was aboard the  . In 1962–1963, Moore was the eighth commanding officer of  . Late in his career during the Vietnam War, he was Chief of Staff of the Naval Air Training Command at Naval Air Station Pensacola from October 1965 to July 1969.