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Routine in Paradise: The US Navy in Pearl Harbor
Known as a tropical paradise today, for many sailors before December 7, 1941, it was just another port of call during their naval service.
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Japanese American Incarceration
At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, about 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry lived on the US mainland, mostly along the Pacific Coast. About two thirds were full citizens, born and raised in the United States. Following the Pearl Harbor attack, however, a wave of antiJapanese suspicion and fear led the Roosevelt administration to adopt a drastic policy toward these residents, alien and citizen alike.
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The Pacific Strategy, 1941-1944
On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States days later, America found itself in a global war.
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Project Seeking to Identify USS Arizona Unknowns Reaches Key DNA Milestone
On April 23, 2026, the DPAA announced that it had met the 60 percent threshold for the USS Arizona Unknown Identification Project.
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Pearl Harbor Dress Tells the Story of a Child Witness to the Attack
This unique artifact tells a one-of-a-kind story from the day that irrevocably changed the world.
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Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony
12/07/2021 | 11:00 AM - 11:45 PMEarly on December 7, 1941, citizens and servicemembers alike in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, faced terror as Japanese planes rained fire on the island in a stunning surprise attack. The assault quickly plunged the United States into a world-changing war. Each year, The National WWII Museum commemorates those who lost their lives on that fateful December day.
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Meet the Author "Bound By War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America's First Pacific Century"
12/07/2021 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMJoin us for the concluding event of our 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor programming, a discussion that covers a sweeping history of America’s long and fateful military relationship with the Philippines amid a century of Pacific warfare.
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Pearl Harbor: The Aftermath
12/07/2021 | 3:45 PM - 5:00 PMA panel discussion of historians from members of The Institute for the Study of War and Democracy in The National WWII Museum’s US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center
