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Pearl Harbor
Japan unprovoked attack on US -
US declares war on Japan
FDR makes speech to congress "a date that will live in infamy" -
Doolittle Raid
American bombs fall on Japan for first time -
Battle of Midway
Turning point in war with Japan -
MacArthur returns to Philippines
famous speech "I have returned" -
Iwo Jima
Island captured by US, Marines raise flag -
Atomic Bomb dropped
over 120,000 die at Hiroshima -
V-J-Day
WWII ends in Pacific
