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Pearl Harbor : A Day For The United States

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December 7th 1941 is a sad day for the United States. That is the day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack began early in the morning and it was definitely unexpected, the soldiers that were present hardly had any time to react. It was a sad day because of the amount of men killed, there were over 2000 American casualties and over 1000 wounded. Families were destroyed and changed forever.
The date of Pearl Harbor is also a memorable day. The reason that it is a memorable day is because of the fact that the United States decided to enter into World War II because of the devastating effects of Pearl Harbor. The very next day, December 8th 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the United States officially declared war on…show more content…
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