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    This paper will summarize the history of Nursing during World War II – The attack on Pearl Harbor. On the historic date known as December 7th‚ 1941‚ at 7:55 am- over three hundred Japanese pilots attacked the base known as Pearl Harbor in Oahu‚ Hawaii. This left over 2‚235 military personnel and roughly 68 civilians dead. This attack‚ over 60 years ago‚ was one of the greatest milestones and historical turning point for women in the United States as they would become military nurses. The calm response

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    In America’s history there has been an extreme presentation of nationalism‚ especially in the Pearl Harbor and 9/11 attacks. December 7‚ 1941‚ a date that resonates in the hearts of all Americans‚ was the day the Japanese Navy landed a surprise attack on the U.S naval base at Pearl Harbor. The USS West Virginia was one of the ships that sunk in during the assail‚ also claiming over 2000 innocent lives. Pearl Harbor was known as the worse attack on American ground by foreign assailants until 9/11

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    It was a beautiful December morning in Pearl Harbor in 1941. Everybody in the city was just about ready to go to their jobs and start their day when without warning‚ several jets were seen soaring through the air above the beach fast as lightning. All of a sudden‚ there was a loud BOOM! Bombs started falling from the planes blowing up cars and building around the neighborhood as if they were raindrops falling from the sky. The only sound anyone could hear was the sound of explosions. People were

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    minutes‚ second wave began at 8:45 AM second wave was less successful‚ suffered more casualties United States: the Americans assumed it was a flight of B-17 bombers arriving from the mainland sailors on the battle stations operated whichever guns they could reach only 38 U.S. aircraft were able to get airborne‚ and 10 were shot down Leaders: Japan: Isoroku Yamamoto‚ admiral Mitsuo Fuchida‚ flight

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    Copy of essay #2 The Attack on Pearl Harbor Today is a nice warm day on the USS ARIZONA. It was sunny outside with a nice cool breeze. There was not a cloud in site. I was lying in bed when my bunk partner decided to jump out of his bed. He was totally unaware of me lying in mine. As he landed on me I fell off and hit the floor and felt one of my teeth fall out. I stood up and before I had the chance to say anything we heard the sound no one in the harbor wanted to hear. As I was running

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    Pearl Harbor was deliberately attacked by the Japanese on December 7‚ 1941. Reports indicate that 2400 people were killed and 1300 were wounded. [1-ap] The reason Japan bombed Pearl Harbor was because that was where all of the U.S. Navy ships were positioned. The Americans went on the offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific in mid-1942. The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on‚ a medium-sized Japanese city‚ Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August

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    The bombardment of Pearl Harbor is seen as significant not solely because of its level of catastrophe‚ but also considering the fact that it caused Americans to join together in a war effort. Before‚ Pearl Harbor‚ the country was divided due to the fact that not all Americans wanted to be a part of World War II; however‚ after Pearl Harbor‚ the decision to go to war became unanimous. Pearl Harbor motivated Americans to fight for what they believed in‚ even after World War I debilitated them of most

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    Was Pearl Harbor Preventable? Bobby Owens Robert Owens Mr. Bush APUSH 26 May 2017 Was Pearl Harbor Preventable? On the morning of December 7th‚ 1941 on the sunny island of Oahu in Hawaii‚ sailors aboard ships in Pearl Harbor woke up to the deafening sound of planes‚ bullets‚ and bombs above them. Little did they know‚ those sailors would witness one of the most horrific days in human history. Those sailors also didn’t know that their government was betraying them‚ allowing them to die

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    Should the US have bombed Japan after Pearl Harbor? By Noah Richardson Yes‚ Pearl Harbor was an act of war and we had every right to retaliate using whatever force necessary. After being defeated and driven back to Japan‚ the Japanese military refused to surrender and the Japanese Emperor was encouraging his private citizens to protect their homeland from invasion. The rest of the world considered that the Japanese efforts t o take over the islands of the Pacific were unacceptable‚ especially

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    On May 7th Germany had surrendered unconditionally but the war with Japan raged on in the pacific. The Americans were war weary. They had seen the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Kamikaze attacks‚ and horrible casualties in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. There had been reports on things like the Bataan death march. Newspaper photos had shown American POWs beheaded by Japanese soldiers. Ending the war and preventing further loss of life is all that mattered at this point. With the surrender of Germany at the beginning

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