City of Wayne issued the following announcement on Dec. 7.
December 7th, 1941
The early morning attack at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shocked the country and propelled America into World War II.
The Dec. 7, 1941 attack killed 2,335 Americans and wounded 1,143 more. The U.S. lost 18 ships, including five battleships. A day later, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt described Dec. 7 as a “date which will live in infamy.”
Today, Dec. 7 is known as “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day” or “Pearl Harbor Day.”
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Wayne
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