Pearl Harbor Day

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“A day which will live in infamy”

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, without warning and without a declaration of war, killing 2,403 Americans, and injuring 1,178 others. The attack sank four U.S. Navy battleships and damaged four others. It also damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, and one minelayer. Aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pearl_Harbor_Remembrance_Day

Pearl Harbor Day

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Today is December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States’ entry into World War II.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor

My dad was in the navy in WWII.

Pearl Harbor Day

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Today, December 7th is Pearl Harbor Day commemorating the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.  The Daily Courier has an article on local veterans who remember this event here.