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Pearl Harbor bike couriers 1941

Bike couriers delivered the news of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago today.

Pearl Harbor Day

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Bike messenger delivered Pearl Harbor attack warning

Today — December 7 — is “the day that will live in infamy,” when the Japanese Imperial Navy launched a surprise attack in 1941 that crippled the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Here’s a tiny little footnote in history about this day. Japan intended to deliver a declaration of war 30 minutes prior to read more »