National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
World War II began in Europe in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and the United Kingdom. France and China joined the Allies (Poland and UK) while Italy and Japan joined Germany to form the Axis Powers. The United States supported the Allies but remained neutral in the war.
On the morning of December 7, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the U. S. Naval Base in Pearl Harbor. The Japanese sent five submarines and six aircraft carriers with four hundred planes. The Americans were not prepared. Our sailors woke up to explosions and gunfire of war.
In less than an hour and a half the battle was over. The Japanese damaged or sunk numerous United States battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and planes. 2,403 Americans lost their lives in the attack. On the following day, December 8, the United States Congress declared war.
On this National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we think back to the Americans who lost their lives on that day of infamy. We remember not only the casualties of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, but also the four hundred thousand U. S. citizens who died fighting in the world war that followed.
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