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In “This Week in the DoD” for Dec. 9: Wednesday, Dec. 7, marked the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. Commemorative ceremonies were held around the country, including Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the U.S. Navy Memorial in …
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Seventy years ago on a December morning, our nation sustained a cruel and destructive attack at Pearl Harbor. Our enemies thought that by this sudden and deliberate raid, they could weaken America. Instead, they only strengthened it. That day truly …
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From www.history.navy.mil The Pearl Harbor attack entered the consciousness of contemporary Americans more forcefully than any other single event. Regarded as a dastardly “surprise attack” and an act of “infamy”, during the Second World War every effort was made to …
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The final episode in a six part series commemorating the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In this episode, the USS Arizona memorial isn’t the only one honoring the fallen from Dec. 7, 1941. A number of other …
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Poster designed by Allen Saalburg, issued by the Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., in 1942, in remembrance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The poster also features a quotation from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: …
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