Pearl Harbor - Brief Look <Tab/>On December 7, 1941 the U.S. troops stationed on the island of Pearl Harbor were not waken up by the familiar sound of a bugle but instead by gunfire and explosions. This is what it might have been like if you were one of the troops at Pearl Harbor. This attack was important because it led to other events in World War II. Some of these …showed first 75 words of 871 total…

…showed last 75 words of 871 total…in infamy [total disgrace]-the United States of America was deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan..." That was only part of the speech ,however. The U.S.S.. Arizona which was one of the most badly damaged ships because of the attack had a memorial made for it. After the bombing American soldiers use the phrase "Remember Pearl Harbor" to raise thier spirits during the remainder of the war.