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december 7th

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1941 .

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A date which will live in infamy

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on the morning of december 7th 1941 at

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six a.m. The first wave of 183

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Japanese planes consisting of fighters ,

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bombers , torpedo bombers and low level

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bombers took off from the flight deck

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of six aircraft carriers 230 miles

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north of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu .

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Their objective attack the various U .

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S . Army and navy air fields throughout

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the island and take out the U . S .

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Navy fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor

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at 7 55 AM . The attack began when Uss

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Raleigh , Uss Helena , Uss Utah and Uss

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Oklahoma are struck at 806 a .

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M . A £1763 bomb

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hits the battleship Uss Arizona

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igniting the ship's forward magazine ,

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destroying the ship immediately for 40

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minutes . Japanese planes cripple the U .

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S . Navy fleet and destroy or damage

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the majority of american aircraft . At

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8 35 am . The first wave is

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over .

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A second wave of

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167 planes is preparing for their

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attack and 8 54 am . The order to

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attack is given for nearly an hour

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ships , shipyard facilities and air

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fields are bombed and strafed . At 9

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45 AM , the last plane heads back to

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its carrier , ending the attack on

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Pearl Harbor in 2.5 hours . The

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Japanese have left behind smoke and

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ruin the aftermath of the attack leaves

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eight of the nine battleships heavily

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damaged or destroyed . Uss Arizona

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Uss West Virginia , USs Oklahoma .

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Uss California and Uss Utah have

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all been sunk . Another 11 ships ,

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including destroyers , cruisers ,

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repair ships , and mine layers , are

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also heavily damaged or destroyed .

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188 aircraft belonging to the U . S .

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Army and Navy Are destroyed and another

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159 are severely damaged . The human

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toll is heaviest

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2000 , Americans lose their lives .

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USS Arizona suffers the greatest loss

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of life . As 1,177 sailors are killed

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aboard , many remaining entombed in the

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ship . Mm hmm ,

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mm hmm .

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Recovery efforts to rescue those

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trapped in the ships following the

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first attack were already underway .

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America was dealt a devastating blow .

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But among the chaos and destruction

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Valor was recognized 80 years

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later . We remember these men . We

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remember the actions . We remember the

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valor

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sacrifice

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and peace .

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We remember Pearl

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Harbor