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For more information about The Pearl Harbor Archive or use of any newspaper images on the site, contact Stephen Carr
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scarr@newspaperarchive.com
319.390.9442 x40
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For Immediate Release
April 21, 2006
ThePearlHarborArchive.com recollects the attack
that led to the United States' entry into World War II
Newspaper articles from 1941 detail the immediate aftermath of the darkest two hours and 20 minutes in American naval history
"JAPAN ATTACKS U.S. IN PACIFIC" read the headline of the Galveston Daily News on the evening of December 7, 1941. "Japanese airplanes today attacked American defense bases at Hawaii and Manila, and Pres. Roosevelt ordered the army and navy to carry out undisclosed orders prepared for the defense of the United States," the paper divulged on that historic day in 1941.
ThePearlHarborArchive.com, a free archive sponsored by NewspaperARCHIVE.com, contains historic newspapers about the attack on December 7, 1941, along with other events in the history of Pearl Harbor. Thousands of newspaper articles about the 1941 attack can be found in ThePearlHarborArchive.com by just searching for the word "attack." Articles written on December 7, 1941, the day of the assault, can also be found by entering the date in the Advanced Search.
"The attack on Pearl Harbor awoke the sleeping giant of the American war machine," said Greg Hollingsworth, researcher for ThePearlHarborArchive.com. "The attack was certainly one of the most significant single events of the 20th century, if not the most significant."
Newspapers across the country began reporting on the attack as soon as news came off the wires even though many reports were sporadic and contained conflicting information. For example, an article in the December 7, 1941 edition of the Reno Evening Gazette, which can be found on ThePearlHarborArchive.com, says, "Presidential Secretary Stephen Early declared that so far as is known no the attacks were 'made wholly without warning-when both nations were at peace.'" While the Oakland Tribune claimed that parachute troops had been seen over Pearl Harbor.
"It's always amazing to discover how varied newspaper reports were in the aftermath of tragic events such as Pearl Harbor," said Derek Fiscus, head of Digital Production for NewspaperARCHIVE.com. "Being able to look at multiple reports on the same event provides an incredibly unique perspective."
ThePearlHarborArchive.com is part of a collection of newspaper archives that include KennedyAssassinationArchive.com, September11Archive.com, TitanicArchive.com,
FBIArchive.com, ImmigrationArchive.com, TornadoArchive.com,
EarthquakeArchive.com along with several more. Historic newspapers in each of the websites can be viewed through a recently improve browser that uses Adobe Reader.
Researchers interested in finding more information about the attack on Pearl Harbor can also go to NewspaperARCHIVE.com where there are currently more than 32.9 million newspaper pages online and a newspaper page added every two seconds. Heritage Microfilm, Inc. of Cedar Rapids launched NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online, in 1999.
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