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Pearl Harbor vets due special honor
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VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine
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December 1, 1997
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Copyright informationCopyright Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dec 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Ashes of survivors in the attack on Pearl Harbor can be spread on nearby waters. Here's how it's done.
In 1941, the world was in turmoil. Germany was attacking its neighbors iri Europe. Asia was reeling under the aggression of Japan. Citizens of neutral nations, including Americans, were scrambling to escape the terror and make their way to safety.
Then, on Dec. 7 of that year, the United States was jarred into action by the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Suddenly, America was an integral part of the war, pouring its youth and materiel onto remote battlefields in heretofore unheard-of places around the globe.
Less than four years later, the war was over. Yet the nation has never ...
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