December 7 1941

The bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941.

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Dec 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor bombed. At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II. Much of the Pacific fleet was rendered useless.

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President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On that day, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. Arizona and capsized the U.S.S. Oklahoma. The attack sank or beached a total of twelve ships and damaged nine others. 160 aircraft were destroyed and 150 others damaged. The attack took the country by…

This front page is dated December 11, 1941, shows the Erie Daily Times' coverage of the beginning of the United States' involvement in World War II, just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

An extra edition of the Erie Times-News was printed Dec. 7, 1941, with news of the attack on Pearl Harbor that thrust the United States into World War II.

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See original vintage headlines, news stories, photos and more from the Japanese attack on Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, marking the American entry into WWII.