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their final solution to the “Jewish problem,” Japanese forces were massacring men, women, and children in China and Korea. Again, the United States sought at first to find a way to peace through quiet intervention behind the scenes. However, the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, made such detachment impossible. Forced to fight for freedom in the world, the United States did not shirk the task. Indeed, many feel that the nation came of age in the four-year struggle that ensued.

The Pearl Harbor naval base and U.S.S. Shaw ablaze in the distance after the Japanese attack.

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