The three naval carriers would play and important role in other battles throughout the war.
The plan by the Japanese prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor was to perform a surprise-attack on the U.S. in which all of the U.S.'s major assets were destroyed; however, the several aircraft carriers that were not destroyed proved detrimental to the Japanese later on; their plan was based on crippling the U.S., but the U.S. was not entirely crippled.
I need the statements to answer the question for you.
If the speaker is using the pronoun "I," that means they must be telling the story in the first person. They appear in the story and tell it from their own point of view.
