TWEET: @USNavy - 71 years ago at 0755 HST was the 1st attack on Pearl Harbor. Taking a moment of silence to remember those lost. http://ow.ly/fQGz5
Dec. 7, 1941 is known as D-Day and Pearl Harbor Day, the day Japan orchestrated and carried out one of our nation's most devastating military strikes against our country in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor. Today, the nation stopped to remember the 71st anniversary of the strike and the heroes of that day.
Around the country, flags are at half-mast to remind us of the more than 2,400 Americans killed and 1,200 injured in the attack.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared today “a date which will live in infamy.” Within an hour of the attack, Congress declared war.
Please take a moment of gratitude and remembrance to honor those who fought on this day as well as their families. We thank them all.
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