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A sign reading: 'I AM AN AMERICAN', on the Wanto Co grocery store at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin Streets in Oakland, California, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 8th December 1941.
The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the time, the U.S. was a neutral country in World War II .
December 7th is a 1943 propaganda documentary film produced by the US Navy and directed by Gregg Toland and John Ford, about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event which sparked the Pacific War and American involvement in World War II. Toland was also the film's cinematographer and co-writer.
In 1994, U.S. Congress designated Dec. 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Memorial events at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial remind the country of those who died that day and of the ...
James R. Leavelle was born and raised in Red River County, Texas.In 1937, Leavelle joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. [3] Following graduation from high school, Leavelle joined the United States Navy in 1939, during World War II and served as a sailor on board the USS Whitney; he was on board the ship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We begin with keeping the memory of local heroes alive. Friday marks 83 years since Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl ...
Among those attending at Tom Kaiser Veterans Memorial Park was an FDR impersonator who recited the president's 'A day which will live in infamy' speech. Pearl Harbor 80th anniversary: 'FDR' shows ...
Roosevelt's description of December 7, 1941, as "a date which will live in infamy" was borne out; the date became shorthand for the Pearl Harbor attack in much the same way that November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001, became inextricably associated with the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the September 11 attacks.