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Pearl Harbor Defined

Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. The sinking of much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet brought the United States into World War II. (p. 793)

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Fourth with fervor: America's birthday has special meaning for Missoula woman

Published July 4, 2009, 11:48 pm, Missoulian

“There's nothing more fun than the Fourth of July. It's silly, it's joyful, it's respectful. It's all the things that go into a great, great party to celebrate something wonderful,” says super-patriot Susan Reneau of Missoula.

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Early Anchorage was too harsh for racism

Published July 4, 2009, 11:32 pm, Anchorage Daily News

On June 26, two op-ed pieces published in the Anchorage Daily News reminded us that racism existed in early 20th-century Alaska. It's not very surprising: Historically speaking, human divisions of various kinds seem, sadly, to come with the human condition.

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Published July 4, 2009, 11:30 pm, Richfield Sun-Current

Minnesota State High School League board of directors approved several major rules at its June 8th meeting.

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Sports Notes

Published July 4, 2009, 10:44 pm, St. Tammany News

Madisonville volleyball camp The second-annual Madisonville All-Skills Volleyball Camp will take place July 6-10 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Coquille Recreation Gym. The cost is $150, which includes a camp T-shirt and volleyball.

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Togo W. Tanaka dies at 93; journalist documented life at Manzanar internment camp

Published July 4, 2009, 9:25 pm, Los Angeles Times

Many of his reports were critical of camp administrators and the policy that led to the internment of 10,000 people of Japanese descent, most of whom were U.S. citizens from Los Angeles County. Togo W. Tanaka, a former journalist and businessman whose reports on life inside the Manzanar internment camp illuminated divisions in the Japanese American community after the attack on Pearl Harbor and ...

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'Danger's Hour' struck Quincy-made ship in '45

Published July 4, 2009, 9:11 pm, Boston Herald

It was the fall of 1943, the height of World War II, and a task force of fast new aircraft carriers was leading America's assault in the Central Pacific. By the...

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Former POW to take in city"s July 4th parade

Published July 4, 2009, 8:00 pm, Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

SEGUIN — For some of us, Independence Day is more important than for others. And Saturday, when Seguin’s annual July Fourth parade goes past Mayor Betty Ann Matthies’ reviewing stand at Central Park, one of them will be sitting there, enjoying the parade — former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Dan Buzzo.

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Stories of our heroes

Published July 4, 2009, 7:43 pm, The New Britain Herald

Veteran. A Webster’s New World Dictionary defines the word as one who is “experienced or practiced,” and “a soldier who has served in time of war.”

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Gazette-Times recreates its history

Published July 4, 2009, 7:24 pm, Corvallis Gazette-Times

Hundreds attend open house to mark 100th anniversary

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Double standards fly high when it comes to bombing of civilians

Published July 4, 2009, 2:07 pm, The Japan Times

Sad to say, every generation for the past century has known its own war — wars that have touched so many millions through the loss or traumatization of relatives, friends or fellow citizens. "My war" was America's in Indo-China, centered on Vietnam. Abhorrence of what my country, the United States, was doing to the region caused me, and many in my generation, to choose the life of an expatriate. ...

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  • Pearl Harbor Bombing ----7th december 1941?: Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.)

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