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    Day of Infamy In this essay i'll be talking about the comparison between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. On december 7th 1941 japanese fighter planes attacked the american naval base at pearl harbor near honolulu, hawaii. This tragedy lasted about two hours leaving many injured and killed and destroying many american naval vessels. On September 11th there was a terrorist attack on the world trade center and the Pentagon where two planes flew into the buildings as a coordinated suicide attack one plane in

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    The movie Pearl Harbor, while fiction, depicts the real life events of December 7th, 1941. In the beginning of the movie the culture is very different from that of our own. Men and women were falling in love and were filled with innocence and happiness. People didn’t quite understand the horribleness of war or the sacrifices that come with it. Many leaders and officials knew that war was emanate but the people of the US decided to remain naïve and turned a blind eye. Young men and women joined the

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    attack on Pearl Harbor that was conducted by the Japanese Empire. It was a surprise, and brutal attack on the United States naval base. This day would be remembered as “a date which will live in infamy” (Barbara C. Bigelow, Roosevelt, Franklin D). This devastating attack caused many American casualties, and many Americans with mixed emotions. For example many had anger towards Japan for the attack, wanted to fight back, others had fear because the thought of war. The attack on Pearl Harbor was an

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    The speech “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” was due to the attacks against Pearl Harbor and other island by Japanese Forces. Some of the island affected by these attacks includes: Hong Kong, Guam, Philippine Island, Wake Island, Malaya, and Midway Island. FDR’s uses pathos, ethos, and logos to effectively demonstrated the power and the will of the United States to defend themselves after the attack at Pearl Harbor. The use of pathos to appeal to the emotions is a very effective technique. The

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    On December 7, 1941 hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Hawaii. The Japanese filled the sky with bombs and bullets. The attack lasted 2 hours, the Japanese destroyed 20 American naval vessels, including battleships and also their airplanes. Many of their American soldiers and sailors died in the attack. The Japanese did this attack with no warning, thinking to themselves that they had made the US vulnerable. With the attack happening, this made

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    The morning of December 7th, 1941, was a day that “will live in infamy,” as described by former-president Franklin D. Roosevelt about the tragedy that took place at Pearl Harbor. Peaceful sleep quickly turned to chaotic horror as the Japanese flew over the American naval base and released their bombs, taking the lives of thousands of American soldiers and citizens, and significantly weakening American military strength in the Pacific. While the rest of the world was occupied fighting in the second

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    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a long, well thought out, complex plan, and the mastermind of the operation was Isoroku Yamamoto. Isoroku Yamamoto made “the Japanese plan simple: Destroy the Pacific Fleet. That way, the Americans would not be able to fight back as Japan’s armed forces spread across the South Pacific” (“Pearl Harbor”). Yamamoto planned to take out the battleships instead of the carriers, because the American public viewed battleships as a naval power. So if they were destroyed it would

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    Pearl Harbor was a very beautiful place. There were alway ships coming to believer supplies. ( Pearl Harbor History ) That was until the battle of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attack.This attack had hurt the world very bad in a way that you can never come back from said Pearl Harbor History. Why it hurt us so bad was because we had help japan and we gave them oil to run the machine and everything. That is why Pearl Harbor has changed the world. It had all started on December 7,1941 when japan

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Pearl Harbor Speech “A date that shall live in infamy” (Line 2). This is a quote that many Americans have heard before. This infamous quote comes from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), in his Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation. FDR gave this speech in response to the Pearl Harbor Attack on December 7th, 1941. The point of this speech was to persuade Congress into declaring war on the Axis Powers. This speech went on to fuel a nation into four years of war. As you

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    How the Attack on Pearl Harbor Changed History Imagine, sleeping in your bunk on the USS Arizona just after 8:00 am, when suddenly the ship begins to call general quarters. This is what it was like for the crew of the USS Arizona, the USS California, and the USS Missouri. The attack on Pearl Harbor was underway by just before 8:00 am on December 7th 1941. For my research paper, I will talk about the attack on Pearl Harbor and how it changed the course of history. I will discuss the general information

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