Last witnesses: Pearl Harbor 70th Marks a Turning Point (Hampton Roads)

First-hand accounts of one of the most famous surprise attacks in military history are getting hard to come by.
Wednesday will be the 70th anniversary of the Japanese raid on U.S. military forces at Pearl Harbor, which, literally overnight, catapulted a shocked nation into World War II.
With the wisdom of hindsight, it’s hard to fathom why U.S. leaders didn’t see the audacious assault coming. Relations with Japan had been deteriorating for years, and the huge U.S. military complex on the

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