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The USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on the US Pacific fleet at their base in Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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The USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on the US Pacific fleet at their base in Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, took Americans by surprise and pushed them fully into World War II.