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Pearl Harbor
Japan unprovoked attack of U.S. -
U.S. declares war on Japan
FDR makes speech to congress “...a date that will live in infamy” -
Doolittle Raid
American bombs fall in 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 died at Hiroshima -
V-J-Day
WWII ends in Japan