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Pearl Harbor (Honolulu)

Description: Honolulu / Hawaii / USA / A harbor on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. The Japanese attacked the ... more

Pearl Harbor (Honolulu) ... harbour on Dec 7, 1941.

Newest Review: ... group of American B25 bombers to return to base that day. Initially surprised by the attack, the Americans fought back with anti-aircraft fire and what planes they could get in the air, but ultimately the Japanese force was successful in crippling the US navy in the pacific, sinking or severely damaging 21 ships (including 8 battleships), destroying 161 army and navy planes and damaging 102 ... more

... others, and killing 2,117 military personal (at least 57 civilians were also killed). Most devastating among these was the loss of the USS Arizona; the images of it on fire are probably the iconic photographs of that day. The Arizona suffered a direct ...more

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Pearl Harbor (Honolulu): Pearl Harbor: Museum and Memorial (2463 words)
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Honolulu has long been a key port for the US navy in the Pacific, with a major naval base having been in operation to the west of the city for a full century. In all that time, the base has become best known for the events that happened there on December 7th 1941, events that President Franklin D Roosevelt was later to famously refer to as "a day that will live in infamy". The attack on Pearl Harbor became a pivotal point in history, and the site as a result still attracts huge numbers of visitors to it (estimated to be around 1.5 million people annually). When visitors say they are going to Pearl Harbor, however, what they are actually referring to is the USS ... Read the complete review