Pearl Harbor
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The losses inflicted on the U.S. fleet in 1941 at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, in whose navy Mahan was required reading, were soon replaced, and then some.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Three more months later, it will be 85 years since the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Pearl Harbor put an end to all that when Hitler foolishly declared war on the United States four days after the Japanese attack.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
The Pearl Harbor attack of Dec. 7, 1941, brought the S&P down by 11% over the following three months — but one year later the market was up by 4.3%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
He and Tessie were stationed at Pearl Harbor, where they lived in austere marital housing and where my mother, at twenty-five, got a terrible sunburn and was never seen in a bathing suit again.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
