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Article: Proclamation 7259--National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 1999.(Brief Article)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- December 13, 1999
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December 7, 1999
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Early on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the 130 vessels of the U.S. Pacific Fleet lay quiet and serene in Pearl Harbor. Americans sailors were preparing to raise colors, unaware that the worst naval disaster in American history was about to unfold. As the first wave of Japanese planes dropped torpedo bombs on the fleet, all eight battleships along with three destroyers and three light cruisers were hit. Two hours after the first Japanese bomber hit its target, 21 ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet lay sunk or badly damaged. U.S. aircraft losses included 188 planes ...