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TWO PLANES, EIGHT GUNS, AND LOTS OF 'ZEROS'
December 07, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:

By Jay A. Graybeal
Army Heritage Museum

The Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor targeted Navy and Army assets including Schofield Barracks and Army airfields. The first wave struck Wheeler Field, where most of the pursuit (fighter) aircraft were based; Hickam Field, the Army's largest aviation facility; and Barber's Point.

Initially caught by surprise, Ar . . .

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