User blog:ARTaylor/73 Years of the Pearl Harbor Attack

December seventh, a date which lives in infamy. When the naval forces of Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States of America's forces stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on this date in 1941. It resulted in the deaths of 2,403 with 1,178 more wounded. The attack became a rallying call for Americans causing the nation to declare war on Japan thus entering the Second World War. While the US eventually defeated Japan and Nazi Germany, it is still one of the most devastating losses in American military history.