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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Iwo Jima Flag Raising
CHERRY POINT, N.C. (December 6, 2012) – Friday marks the 71st anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War II. An early morning surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, thrust America headfirst into an all-out war in the Pacific with the Empire of Japan.
According to the National Archives, “On December 7, 1941, the U.S. naval base on the...