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Pearl Harbor 1941

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And War Came, 1941
Ballston Spa in World War II
Play History of Us Clip: Pearl Harbor

 

 

 

 

 

 

...Pearl Harbor was not the full answer to the question of why the United States went to war.  
This treacherous attack was but the last explosion in a long chain reaction."

 

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Doris "Dorie" Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was an American Messmate Third Class in the United States Navy. During the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 Miller manned anti-aircraft guns, (despite having no formal training in their use), and attended to the wounded. For his actions, he was recognized by the Navy and given several medals.

 

He was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the US Navy at the time, after the Medal of Honor and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. The Navy Cross now precedes the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.[2] Miller's acts were heavily publicized in the black press, making him an iconic emblem of the war for black Americans.[3] Nearly two years after Pearl Harbor, he was killed in action when Liscome Bay was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Makin.

 

 

 

Pearl Harbor attack | Date, History, Map, Casualties, Timeline, & Facts |  Britannica

 

If you are interested...

Read reactions to Pearl Harbor from Ballston Spa resident Robert Graf 

 

 

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The new queen attended missionary school embraced Christianity but never lost touch with her native heritage. When he brother turned over Pearl Harbor to the Americans in 1887, she wrote in her diary that it was “a day of infamy in Hawaiian history.”

 

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq   
by Stephen Kinzer  

 

 

 

 

How many people died at Pearl Harbor during the attack?

The total number of military personnel killed was 2,335,

(1,177 were from the USS Arizona.) and 1,178 were wounded.

 

18 ships were sunk or run aground, including 5 battleships. All of the Americans killed or wounded during
the attack were non-combatants, given the fact there was no state of war when the attack occurred

 

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America enters World War II  

Left to Right Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, German Chancellor

Adolph Hitler, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill,

and Nazi Germany’s Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop

 

 

Stanford Professor David Kennedy - A Tale of Three Cities (6 minutes)

 

 After listening to David Kennedy's remarks on international reactions to the attack on Pearl Harbor, what did you find most surprising about these different perspectives about the same event?  Share your thoughts HERE

 

 

 

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