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There were 17,567 men and 234 women, 200 of whom were nurses.
Including civilians, approx 3400
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps came into being after Pearl Harbor, Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVE's a U.S. navy organization) didn't exist until 1942. The SPARS the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard, was created in Nov., 1942. The Marine Corps Women's Reserve began in 1943.
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On the morning of December 7, 1941 350 Japanese planes attacked the base at Pearl Harbor and sunk ships and killed US sailors on the ships. Until 9-11 that was the only attack on US soil and just like we honor the people who died in NY we honor the men and women who died at Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was the start of the United States joining the allies in the war against Hitler and the Japanese. It became a two front war.
Pearl Harbor was the spark that ignited the second world war in the United States. Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, attitudes in the United States were divided as to whether the country should enter the war with Germany or Japan. Many, perhaps most, people were not inclined to sacrifice the souls or resources of the country in a fight that was not judged our own. Pearl Harbor made the fight our own! Men, women and children rose to the challenge of war on two fronts. Lives were lost, resources spent and final victory achieved.
men were drafted into the war and women stepped up and took there place in factories, businesses and offices.
The U.S.S. Arizona is significant because it represents all the men and women that deid in pearl harbor on December 7, 1941.
It has been said that app. 78.9 percent of men died on the USS Arizona over 2,000 men and women died during pearl harbor total It has been said that app. 78.9 percent of men died on the USS Arizona over 2,000 men and women died during pearl harbor total
Maria Marchetta has written: 'Erinnerung und Demokratie' -- subject(s): Holocaust memorials, Memorials, Political aspects, Political aspects of Holocaust memorials, Women concentration camp inmates