Pearl Harbor Anniversary

Think Again: As We Leave Iraq, Remember How We Got In

Eric Alterman | Posted 02.27.2012

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At the same time, if we care about our nation's ability to act as a democracy, we need to ask ourselves and our mainstream media hard questions about how it happened.

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Living History: Observations at Pearl Harbor 70th Anniversary

Lesleyann Coker | Posted 02.14.2012

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Lesleyann Coker

For those of us fortunate enough to experience this week of living history, it was difficult to leave. We take with us the knowledge that the day is near when we return and all of the survivors will be gone.

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Andrea Stone

Invoking 'Appeasement,' Republican Candidates Blast Obama At Jewish Forum

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Though Wednesday marked the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, speeches by a series of U.S. presidential candidate...

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Pearl Harbor Quotes: Infamous Sayings From That Infamous Day

Posted 12.07.2011

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December 7, 1941 will forever be known as "a date which will live in infamy," per Franklin D. Roosevelt's infamous address to Congress, but what have ...

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'A Date That Will Live In Infamy"

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.07.2011

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On Dec. 7, 1941, 70 years ago today, the United States naval base on the southern coast of Oahu Island, Hawaii known as Pearl Harbor was hit by a surp...

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WATCH: Pearl Harbor Attack Survivor Hopes Legacy Will Live On

Posted 12.07.2011

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December 7, 1941 will forever remain a day of infamy, but for the dwindling number of survivors who witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack firsthand, this ...

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FDR's Response to Pearl Harbor: Economic Freedom as Vital National Security Policy

David Woolner | Posted 02.06.2012

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For Roosevelt, WWII was as much about the perils of economic depravity as it was about blatant international aggression.

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PHOTOS: The Attacks On Pearl Harbor, 70 Years Ago Today

Posted 12.07.2011

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70 years ago today, the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The aerial attacks were carried o...

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The 9/11 Of Their Generation

SGT Tanangachi Mfuni | Posted 02.06.2012

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SGT Tanangachi Mfuni

On the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, I have a nagging thought that while dates with infamy are tattooed to the soul of the generation which experiences them, they lose their sacredness with each new generation.

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'BODIES EVERYWHERE': Pearl Harbor Vet Recalls Surprise Attack

www.reuters.com | Suzanne Roig | Posted 12.07.2011

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(Reuters) - Seventy years ago this week, Navy veteran Lou Gore was startled by the muffled thuds of explosions and a burst of commotion while cleaning...

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Sailors Who Survived Pearl Harbor Attack Returned To Ships After Death

AP | AUDREY McAVOY | Posted 02.05.2012

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HONOLULU (Associated Press) -- Lee Soucy, who lived to be 90 after surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, is finally back with his shipmates 70 years l...

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Pearl Harbor -- and Our Moral Identity as a Nation

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 02.04.2012

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Nigel Hamilton

With Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney heading up a desultory field of Republican patriots, all pretending they have a lock on American national pride, I'd like to say a few things as a professional American historian and biographer.

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Pearl Harbor Survivors Gather 69 Years Later

AP | AUDREY McAVOY | Posted 05.25.2011

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Aging Pearl Harbor survivors on Tuesday heard reassurances their sacrifice would be remembered and passed on to future ge...

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At Pearl Harbor, US response to raid is acclaimed

AP | HERBERT A. SAMPLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — While smoke still billowed from the torpedoed ruins of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Thomas Griffin's B-25 group took o...

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