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Title
It's bitter, Uncle, but the quicker you swallow it, the better for you
Type
Still Image
Collection
Subject
Roberts, Owen J. (Owen Josephus), 1875-1955
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--Japanese--Hawaii--Pearl Harbor
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1940-1950
Editorial cartoons--American (GMGPC)
Genre Form
graphic
Drawings
Language
English
Classification
LCC: CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 229
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Summary
World War II cartoon shows Associate Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts as a physician offering medicine from a bottle labeled "Truth about Pearl Harbor" to Uncle Sam. Roberts says, "It's bitter, Uncle, but the quicker you swallow it, the better for you." Less than two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a special investigating commission headed by Justice Roberts reported that the disaster was due to "dereliction of duty" and "errors of judgment" by the military commanders in Hawaii. This investigation was "quick" but it did not lay to rest the question of why the United States forces were surprised. Six more investigations during the war and one post war investigation failed to clarify the situation.
Authorized Access Point
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 It's bitter, Uncle, but the quicker you swallow it, the better for you