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After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 by the Empire of Japan, U.S. military officials surmised that in the event of an invasion of Hawaii, the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces would have access to a considerable amount of United States dollars which could be seized from financial institutions or private individuals.
The Empire of Japan's 1941 attack plan on Pearl Harbor. Preliminary planning for an attack on Pearl Harbor to protect the move into the "Southern Resource Area", the Japanese term for the Dutch East Indies and Southeast Asia generally, began early in 1941 under the auspices of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, then commanding Japan's Combined Fleet.
The pattern on display is a 20-cent aluminum pattern coin inscribed on the obverse with the name MALAYSIA, and the date 2602, which translated from the Japanese calendar is 1942 A.D. Inscribed on the reverse is a typical Japanese design of a sun ray with sakura flowers, with 20 CENTS at the top. The name MALAYSIA was used on a pattern coin of 1942.
Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...
The Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal, also known as the Pearl Harbor Survivor’s Medal, is a bronze commemorative medal which was established by the United States Congress on November 5, 1990 (P.L. 101-510, 104 Stat. 1721).
Dec. 7 marks 80 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii took the lives of 2,400 people and wounded 1,100 others.
Minor damage, repaired at Pearl Harbor and Mare Island Moored at Berth B-16, Navy Yard Pearl Harbor undergoing engine repairs San Francisco: CA-38 Undamaged Under overhaul at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard berth B-17 Raleigh: CL-7 Damaged by torpedo, repaired at Pearl Harbor and Mare Island Moored at berth F-12, forward of Utah, aft of Detroit
Through the National Personnel Records Center, Taylor was able to confirm that Compton was in service on Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor during the attack. The letter of confirmation came in 2005 ...