Navy sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack honored during interment ceremony at national cemetery
A North Dakota sailor who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was laid to rest during an interment ceremony Oct. 25 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ...
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America Enters the War
On December 8, President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Congress did so, and the president signed the declaration of war the same day. On December 11, Nazi Germany and ...
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The Civil War Begins
He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...
Outrageous to compare Trump victory to Sept. 11 and Pearl Harbor
Donald Trump was elected by the popular vote and the Electoral College, by Americans who were looking for a change in the way ...
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Mission accomplished: After 80 years, missing WWII Navy pilot buried in Kingwood
Kingwood native and former West Virginia University mine engineering student were laid to rest next to those of his parents ...
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The Historical Precedent for a New Pacific Nuclear-Submarine Posture
These include the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor immediately after the December 7 attacks, evacuation of the Philippines in 1942, and forward operations from Naval Base Ulithi in the western Pacific’s ...