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Macy #4: I found FDR's speech and I think it is interesting as to how he phrases some of his statements. For example he states, "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through absolute victory." The speech overall is justifying what the Japanese did and is trying to rally Americans to fight through putting what happened into strong words. I think it may be helpful at some point as to what Pearl Harbor led to.

Roosevelt, F. D. (2001). The President's War Address WE WILL GAIN THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH--SO HELP US GOD By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT To the Joint Session of Congress of the United States at Washington, D.C. on December 8, 1941 at 12:30 P.M. Vital Speeches Of The Day, 67(24), 767. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.kyvl.org/ehost/detail?sid=12cf63a5-d02a-49a9-ab3e-943e02768f00%40sessionmgr113&vid=6&hid=116&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXVpZCxpcCxjcGlkLHVybCZjdXN0aWQ9czExNzYxOTI%3d#db=aph&AN=5338621

Macy #3: Josh, This is about the baby boom which occurred after WWII. As you most likely know by now, Pearl Harbor contributed to WWII, so this fits into our topic perfectly! The article states, "In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million were born in 1952; and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 until 1964, when the boom finally tapered off. By then, there were 76.4 million “baby boomers” in the United States. They made up almost 40 percent of the nation’s population." I think these statistics will be significant when trying to explain why Pearl Harbor was so significant.

History.com Staff. (2010). Baby Boomers. Retrieved from []

Macy #2: I found this timeline on the war which I think will be extremely helpful. It splits World War 2 into a timeline on the war in Europe and in the Pacific. It's easy to see the effects of Pearl Harbor. It states that in August of 1945, atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima. This is an important impact that Pearl Harbor had on history! National Geographic. (2001). World War II Timeline. Retrieved from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/history/wwii_timeline.html

Macy #1: Josh, this website has some helpful videos of live feed from the attacks on Pearl Harbor. They assisted me in gaining a sense of what it was like that day for people in Pearl Harbor and around the country. There are several powerful images as well and President FDR has a speech as the background in one. A+E Networks. (2009). Pearl Harbor. Retrieved from []

Josh #1: I found some information that helps give you more background on the topic. And doesn't let give you how it has affected America though. The subtitle "Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor" has the most information on what was going on during that time. It gives you information about the day and what time the attack started to happen. It says, "At 8:00 a.m., Admiral Husband Kimmel, in charge of Pearl Harbor, sent out a hurried dispatch to all in the U.S. naval fleet, "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL." Also the subtitle, "The Attack on Battleship Row", gives you more specific details throughout the day as well and all the battleships that it includes. it says, " On the morning of December 7, 1941, there were eight U.S. battleships at Pearl Harbor, seven of which were lined up at what was called Battleship Row and one (the Pennsylvania) was in dry dock for repairs. (The Colorado, the only other battleship of the U.S.'s Pacific fleet, was not at Pearl Harbor that day.) " This provides you on the information that I said about the battleships. Rosenburg, J. (n.d.). Attack on pearl harbor. Retrieved from []

Josh #2: I found a source that provided information on the attacks and the memorial as well that serves towards the Attack on Pearl Harbor. It mentions in the article about the two ships "Oklahoma" and "Arizona" that was used during combat and the amount of the people that had died in the ships as well. In the report it says, " A torpedo hit the Arizona at 8:05 AM, followed by eight bombs, sinking the ship. There were 1,177 men lost on the Arizona, more than half of those killed in Pearl Harbor that morning. More than 1,000 of those bodies still lie in the sunken ship." It gives you data on the amount of the people, and also provides you information about how there are still bodies that are still in the sunken ship. The report also provides you information on the USS Arizona Memorial. It says, "On most Fridays, survivors of the attack come to the memorial to share their memories with visitors. Each December 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and is marked by large crowds at the memorial, including survivors and World War II veterans, and features special ceremonies of commemoration." I found it interesting how it says that some of the survivors actually still visit it. Parrish, A. (2011). Pearl Harbor. Our States: Geographic Treasures, 1. Retrieved From: [|http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy.kyvl.org/ehost/detail?sid=f46f6935-2331-498e-841c-ee6cb5284ebf%40sessionmgr4005&vid=9&hid=4108&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXVpZCxpcCxjcGlkLHVybCZjdXN0aWQ9czExNzYxOTI%3d#db=f5h&AN=10991545] (I'm hoping I cited that correctly}
 * There is also a lot of sources from the Kentucky Virtual Library that looked like it would be helpful in our essay.

Josh #3: I thought it was cool that I found out certain conspiracy's that was towards Pearl Harbor. That it wasn't just facts and things, it was things that was "sketchy". Like I found out that a man with a last name Safford's, thought that the commanders knew all about the attack and just kept it hidden. This is now known as the "Winds Message" and that it was just something about the weather is the reason why nothing of the government could track any of the Japanese ships and submarines on water. In the report it says, "Yet many Americans believed that the astonishing blow could not have happened without some sort of conspiracy by U.S. political and military leaders who kept significant warning intelligence from Pearl Harbor's commanders, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Lieutenant General Walter C. Short. One of the purported warnings — a series of ordinary weather phrases known as the Winds message buried in a Japanese news broadcast — was touted is critical to the conspiracy theory." I thought this would be a good topic to talk about in our essay, because it's something different. Hanyok, R. J. (2009). The Pearl Harbor Warning that Never Was. Naval History, 23(2), 50. Retrieved From: [|http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy.kyvl.org/ehost/detail?sid=11842bb1-cae1-4065-9bed-aad5853be6e5%40sessionmgr4002&vid=19&hid=4108&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXVpZCxpcCxjcGlkLHVybCZjdXN0aWQ9czExNzYxOTI%3d#db=f5h&AN=37354690]

Josh #4: After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt which was the president at the time actually gathered all of the Japanese immigrants from the West Coast and put them in different camps. I guess from where the government thought that since this had happened that the same nationality of people knew about it as well. They pretty much did it out of fear and was scared of Japanese spies in America and didn't want that to be something that was going on. In the article it says, "Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, government officials rounded up who they considered potentially dangerous aliens for review. This included more than 1,500 aliens from Japan, but also some from Germany and Italy. After review, some aliens were released, and others were sent to detention camps. Soon, the government imposed curfews and travel restrictions on Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast. Meanwhile, Canada also enforced a relocation policy, which required more than 20,000 Japanese-Canadians to move from the West Coast to other regions or camps." It wasn't even just Japanese immigrants, it was others from different countries which I found interesting because the conflict was just over Japan at the time and not about the other two countries. McGrath, J. (2009, May 07). Did the United States put its own citizens in concentration camps during WWII? Retrieved from HowStuffWorks : [|http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/japanese-internment-camp1.ht]