December 7 is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan. Pearl Harbor survivors have met at the site every five years for four decades. But they're now in their 80s or 90s. Many of the survivors aren't able to participate in a 70th reunion. Still, others have made every effort to report for one final roll call.
A few hundred survivors are expected to make the trip to Hawaii to recall the shocking air raid destroyed or heavily damaged 21 ships and 320 aircraft. The attack killed two-thousand, 390 people, wounded nearly 12-hundred others - and plunged the U.S. into World War II.
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Whether of not this attack, America was already in world war II. However, this attack became the fore starter for Atomic attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Durrani: Noah Glyn of Rutgers University has written an article that's titled What Pearl Harbor Can Teach Us Today. In part, Glyn says this:
"The Japanese intended the damage to be severe, as to convince the American people not to enter World War II. It was a devastating attack indeed, as the Japanese killed 2,402 Americans and destroyed much of the United States Navy. The Pearl Harbor attack ultimately failed to accomplish its mission. On Dec. 8, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Imperial Japan. His request was granted within the hour.
On Dec. 11, Germany and Italy declared war against the United States, which they agreed to do in the Tripartite Pact of 1940. This marked the second time during the 20th century that the United States found itself fighting a war in Europe. A war that many had tried to avoid."
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