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REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR: Why “A Date Which Will Live In Infamy” Still Shapes America

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Unpacking the Dec. 7, 1941 Attack That Dragged the U.S. into World War II

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Peal Harbor , Hawaii, every year on December 7th, Americans pause to remember one of the darkest days in the nation’s history: the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This single, devastating event in 1941 was the culmination of rising geopolitical tensions and instantly galvanized a previously divided America, propelling it headlong into World War II.

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Day of Infamy: The Lessons and Legacy of Pearl Harbor Day

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December 7,2017

By Christopher Kelly

On Sunday December 7, 1941, seventy-six years ago, planes of the Imperial Japanese Navy streaked over Pearl Harbor bombing and torpedoing the American fleet at anchor. More than 2,400 Americans were killed that day. President Roosevelt quickly called it a “Day of Infamy.”

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