Pearl Harbor--70 years ago

World War II Monument, Washington

Americans who had their world turned upside down by the Great Depression experienced another upheaval on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Anerica responded, to use Franklin D. Roosevelt's words, "in their righteous might" to crush the Axis powers. The Greatest Generation stepped up to the challenge.

Pearl Harbor: Never forget.

UPDATE 7:40am CST: Click here for ThirdWaveDave's look back.

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