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Friday, December 07, 2007
Japanese Empire Bombed Pearl Harbor 66 years ago Today
Sixty-six years ago the Japanese Empire launched a surprise attack against the United States. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, a day which, according to President Franklin Roosevelt, will live in infamy.
The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history. A single carefully-planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy'sbattleshipforce as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's southward expansion. America, unprepared and now considerably weakened, was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full combatant. In the photo: Retired U.S. Navy Chief Cook Edward Gaulrapp, a Pearl Harbor survivor, uses an aerial photo of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the floor of the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island, Hawaii, Dec. 4, 2007, to pinpoint his location during the attack, which occurred Dec. 7, 1941.
Gaulrapp, who was assigned to Pearl Harbor-based Perch-class submarine USS Pompano (SS 181), visited the Pearl Harbor area to observe the 66th anniversary of the attack. Click on the image to enlarge in a separate window.
DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron, U.S. Navy.
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