President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy."...

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President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." The vulnerable United States ______________ Base at Pearl Harbor was not on a state of high alert, a junior officer disregarding the report of the approaching Japanese air attack detected at Oahu's northern shore radar station. The bombing caused massive explosions killing over 2,300 Americans and completely _______________ the American battleship U.S.S. Arizona and capsized the U.S.S. Oklahoma. The attack sank or beached a total of twelve ships and _______________ nine others. The attack took the country _______________ surprise, especially the _______________ Pearl Harbor base.
A _______________ dispatch from the ranking United States naval officer in Pearl Harbor, known as the Commander in Chief Pacific, to all major navy commands and fleet units provided the first official word of the attack. It said simply: "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT _______________." Radio stations receiving the news interrupted regular broadcasts to announce the tragic news. Most people knew what the attack meant for the U.S. even before Roosevelt's official announcement the next day. The Americans believed a Japanese _______________ was imminent. The U.S. was already close to joining the war, but it had only _______________ to sending war supplies _______________ loan to the Allied forces. Within days, the United States was brought into World War II.

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President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." The vulnerable United States ______ Naval ________ Base at Pearl Harbor was not on a state of high alert, a junior officer disregarding the report of the approaching Japanese air attack detected at Oahu's northern shore radar station. The bombing caused massive explosions killing over 2,300 Americans and completely ____ destroyed ___________ the American battleship U.S.S. Arizona and capsized the U.S.S. Oklahoma. The attack sank or beached a total of twelve ships and ______ damaged _________ nine others. The attack took the country _______by________ surprise, especially the ______ ill-prepared _________ Pearl Harbor base.

A _______ hurried ________ dispatch from the ranking United States naval officer in Pearl Harbor, known as the Commander in Chief Pacific, to all major navy commands and fleet units provided the first official word of the attack. It said simply: "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT _______ drill ________." Radio stations receiving the news interrupted regular broadcasts to announce the tragic news. Most people knew what the attack meant for the U.S. even before Roosevelt's official announcement the next day. The Americans believed a Japanese _____ attack __________ was imminent. The U.S. was already close to joining the war, but it had only _____ committed __________ to sending war supplies _______on________ loan to the Allied forces. Within days, the United States was brought into World War II.