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Youre watching live in depth on booktv. December 7, 194,a day of infamiliary. Even as japanese diplomats were con ferring on peace measures, japanese plains were swooping down on pearl harbor. They dropped their death on the air base, civil homes and schools. A hundred japanese planes and midget sub marines took part. The arizona was completely destroyed and four others severely damaged. Three other battleships and three cruisers suffered damage. Nearly 200 planes were destroyed and that sunday morning the Pacific Fleet appeared to be completely immobilized by this sneak attack. Nearly 3,000 c...

Given that World War II was one of the largest and most encompassing events in human history, and the USS Ward was a big part of that.

On this day, December 7, we remember the men of the US armed forces but mainly the men of the US Navy who gave their lives during the Japanese sneak

Long-simmering tensions with the U.S. over expansion in Asia came to a head on December 7, 1941.

USS Ward was one of many battleships used during the war, but there was something special about USS Ward that earned its popularity - it fired the first shot at Pearl Harbor from the US side of the war.