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On the 70th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famed “Day of Infamy” speech before a join session of Congress, asking for a declaration of war, catapulting America into World War II, perhaps it’s appropriate to pause and remember the 2,400 armed services members who had died a day before in the Empire of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.<\/p>\n

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Battleships West Virginia, Tennessee and Arizona aflame in Pearl Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our Pacific Fleet was still burning — eight battleships sunk or damaged. We had one combat-ready unit of the U.S. Army. The Nazis had 200, the Japanese 100. There was fear that Japan would hit the West Coast next — and we would be powerless to do anything about it.<\/p>\n

We entered the war — and won, thanks to the sacrifice of tens of thousands of members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines.<\/p>\n

Here the University of West Virginia’s marching band pays them tribute.<\/p>\n

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