National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked the neutral United States at Naval Station Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii, killing 2,403 Americans. The attack sank four U.S. Navy battleships and damaged four others. Canada declared war on Japan within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
About National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in brief
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is observed annually in the United States on December 7. On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked the neutral United States at Naval Station Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii, killing 2,403 Americans and injuring 1,178 others. The attack sank four U.S. Navy battleships and damaged four others. Canada declared war on Japan within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the first Western nation to do so.
In a speech to Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called the bombing of Pearl Harbor “a date which will live in infamy.” In 1990, Congress established the Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal to honor those who participated in combat operations against Japanese military forces attacking Hawaii.
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