December 7th 1941 is the day that America was finally attacked from a foreign country and brought us into the second World War. The attack started at 7:55 am and lasted for 2 hours and 50 minutes. The Japanese sent two waves around 45 minutes apart. Many of the men on the base were either eating in the mess hall or still not dressed. The americans at the base were completely that a wave of Japanese aircraft were flying their way. When the Americans were alerted they knew who was attacking them by the Japanese Flag on the side of the plane. Nearly 2500 American soldiers were killed and another 1000 were wounded, along with 68 civilians on this day. The Japanese only lost 65 men with another being captured. The next day America declared war on the Japanese and then on the 11th we declared war against Germany and Italy after they declared it on us. Pearl Harbor is named the day of infamy from FDR’s speech about the attacks.
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