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12/7/1941
This is the Boston Naval Yard’s copy of a December 7, 1941, dispatch from the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific, which announced the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Congress declared war on Japan the next day.
National Archives, Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments
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