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Pearl Harbor

The United States was known to be a rather quiet country. Their motives were never meant to be harmful, as our leadership was our growing strength. The power we had to help other countries out when they needed was our contribution to show our potency. War, as we know it, has always tried to be avoided. Though one early Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941 the citizens of Pearl Harbor were awaken by an unexpected blast of infamy that would last through their lives forever. It was a matter that they had no say in because it just happened in a click of a second. There has been controversy though, wondering whether or not war could have been avoid. Japan had been planning on their attack there for many months and finally went ahead and followed through with their plans. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was extremely detrimental to the United States military force and was an early turning point in World War II.
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