{"id":921,"date":"2018-12-07T09:46:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/09\/pearl-harbor-attack-was-76-years-ago-today-dont-forget-the-2403-americans-who-offered-the-supreme-sacrifice\/"},"modified":"2018-12-09T19:47:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T01:47:24","slug":"pearl-harbor-attack-was-76-years-ago-today-dont-forget-the-2403-americans-who-offered-the-supreme-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/07\/pearl-harbor-attack-was-76-years-ago-today-dont-forget-the-2403-americans-who-offered-the-supreme-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Harbor attack was 76 years ago today– don’t forget the 2,403 Americans who offered the supreme sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December 7th is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n

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This year marks the 76th anniversary of the Japanese surprise attacks that shook our<\/p>\n

nation & acirc; $” but just reinforced our willpower to safeguard our excellent nation and honor those who made the supreme sacrifice. Pearl Harbor(Facebook)It & acirc; $ s a date that resides in infamy, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said years earlier, and it still proves out.<\/p>\n

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On Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. lost more than 2,400 lives when the Japanese surprise-attacked the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.<\/p>\n

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The next day, Roosevelt stated war on Japan, and the United States entered The second world war.<\/p>\n

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Japan assaulted due to the fact that it wished to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet away from its military strategies in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

Japan launched 2 waves of attack against the U.S. base with 353 Imperial Japanese airplane, including fighters, dive bombers and torpedo bombers.<\/p>\n

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All eight U.S. Navy battleships were harmed, and 4 were sunk.<\/p>\n

The USS Arizona was the only ship not recovered; 6 would later on go back to service and battle in the war.<\/p>\n

Japan likewise ruined three U.S. cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship and a minelayer. More than 300 airplane were destroyed or damaged.<\/p>\n

There were 2,403 Americans eliminated and another 1,178 were wounded, including civilians.<\/p>\n

To honor the sacrifices of those lost on this day, the U.S. Pacific Fleet holds an event.<\/p>\n

The Pacific Fleet will stream the event reside on Facebook at 12:45 p.m. Eastern Time.<\/a><\/p>\n

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