Pearl Harbor is the second mission in Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault.
Description[]
Pearl Harbor focuses on the Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Conlin has been assigned to the battleship USS Arizona and enters the harbor in a jeep, Chief Petty Officer McAffee escorting him to his station on the ship. However, a plane flies low overhead towards the end of the tour. Initially, the sailors and marines believe the plane is an American plane with the Army Air Corps, but that thought is quickly dispelled when one sailor notes the "meatballs" (Red Circles) on the wings. Suddenly, the attack begins, with the air becoming filled with Japanese airplanes, bombing the harbor and strafing the sailors, marines, and civilians nearby.
Conlin and McAffee are thrown from their jeep by an explosion on their way to the dock, and proceed to move their way up the pier, attempting to both save injured sailors and shoot down Japanese planes, though mostly in vain. The two make their way to a patrol boat at the end of the pier, but as Conlin boards the boat, McAffee is killed. Conlin mans the dual Lewis machine guns mounted on the bow of the patrol boat, and proceeds to shoot down many Japanese airplanes as the patrol boat goes along Battleship Row. Along the way, numerous battleships are destroyed, with the Arizona's destruction being highlighted towards the end of the ride (Tommy was very lucky he didn't board the Arizona). The patrol boat then heads towards the USS West Virginia to aid the crew in keeping the ship from sinking.
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Trivia[]
- Conlin's actions on the USS West Virginia on December 7th are most likely based on those of Lieutenant Claude Ricketts, the fire control officer on the West Virginia who saved the ship from capsizing due to two torpedo hits with similar techniques that Conlin used.
- During the attack of Pearl Harbor, the allied forces only shot down 29 of the attacking planes. However, in the game, the player destroys about 100 planes.