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The U.S. At War, Tragedy at Honolulu
The U.S. Navy was caught with its pants down. Within one tragic hour””before the war had really begun””the U.S. appeared to have suffered greater naval losses than in the whole of World War I.* Days may pass before the full facts become known, but in the scanty news that came through from Hawaii in the…
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THE PRESS: War Orders
Brigadier General Alexander D. Surles, lank, hook-nosed Chief of Army’s Press Relations Section, addressed an audience of 50 Washington correspondents, called to an emergency meeting a few hours after announcement of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The subject was censorship. Gravely General Surles came to the point. “Our relations in the past have been very…
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CIVILIAN FRONT: Los Angeles Gets Ready
Los Angeles County likes to talk about its orange-juice joints, tabernacles, oil wells and graving docks, keep a stiff and silent upper lip over its floods and earthquakes. Nevertheless, to deal with such occasional unpleasantnesses, it has a Major Disaster Committee. Last week, just before Japan loosed its bombs on Pearl Harbor, an expanded version…
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Official Record: Reporting for Duty
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Official Record: Pay of Nurses
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Army Certificate
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Identification
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Official Record: Immunization Register
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NEWSREEL: Selective Service 12.19. 1941
The U.S. Congress amended the Selective Service Act, making it compulsory for all men ages 18-64 to register and those ages 20-44 to be subject to military service. Source: “The First Panicky Feeling.” The Buffalo News, 19 Dec. 1941, p. 34. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news/135185123/