Mr. O'Connor spent six years in the U.S. Navy—two of them as a sonarman on board the USS Robert L. Wilson (DDE-847). He has been writing professionally for more than 30 years.

Articles by Jerome M. O'Connor

?1940, THE WASHINGTON POST. REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION

FDR's Undeclared War

By Jerome M. O'Connor
February 2004
Throughout 1941, long before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy is at a high state of readiness in the Atlantic, secretly searching for German and Italian warships.