Originally Posted By: olivant
During the II flashback scene, Tessio states that 30,000 men signed up (presumably for the Army) this morning. What morning? As Sonny states, the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor on Pop's birthday - December 7. By my reckoning, it would have been 2PM on Sunday in New York. Again, what morning? Even if the morning in question was that Sunday, what recruiting office woul dbe open?


I did a quick search, found a website that said the New Orleans office opened on December 7, but of course that would have been afternoon, too, and it also said only 15 guys signed up that day. Maybe he heard that 30,000 Japanese enlisted?

"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."