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The War
Daniel Inouye Remembers the Pearl Harbor Attack
At 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese warplanes struck the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Seventeen-year-old Daniel Inouye, later a U.S. senator, was getting ready for church when he saw the smoke. The attack sank or damaged 18 ships, including the USS Arizona, destroyed 164 aircraft and killed 2,403 Americans.
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