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Pearl Harbor is a harbor on the islan of Oʻahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II.

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  • The only time the game wasn't held in Calif. was 1942, when it was in N.C., amidst fears of another event like this one
  • Its original name, Wai Momi, & its current name both come from the valuable mollusks once found there
  • Hickham Field sustained damage during the Japanese attack on this nearby site December 7, 1941
  • Francis Flaherty saved shipmates & lost his own life aboard the Oklahoma during this infamous 1941 attack
  • The U.S. stationed its Pacific fleet in this harbor during the war
  • At the end of "Tora! Tora! Tora!" Admiral Yamamoto realizes this sneak attack may have been a big mistake
  • In 1887 the Senate approved leasing this locale in the Hawaiian Islands as a base for U.S. Navy
  • The U.S.S. Arizona
  • The U.S. Navy officially began construction of its base at this Oahu locale on Nov. 11, 1909
  • Site of the historic attack seen here[December 7, 1941]
  • In November this site was chosen as the USA's principal naval base in the Pacific
  • On Dec. 17, 1941 Admiral Husband Kimmel was relieved of his command at this base (he should've seen that coming)
  • Base that's headquarters to the U.S. Pacific Fleet
  • Mr. Conklin was a captain when the U.S. Navy was attacked at this site in Hawaii in 1941--he's that old!
  • A January 1942 report faulted Gen. Walter Short & Admiral Husband Kimmel for the disastrousness of this event
  • The Arizona didn't sink again, but journalist Walter Lippmann dubbed Nixon's 1958 visit to Latin America a "diplomatic" this
  • The U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet is headquartered in this harbor
  • The first woman to win a Purple Heart, Lt. Annie Fox served at Hickam Field during the attack on this naval base
  • 2001:"Man the guns -- join the fight"

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