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During the Pearl Harbor attack, ground forces and the ships in the harbor under attack, returned fire on the Japanese.

Several Army Air Corps and Naval planes took to the air and intensely, heroically battled the Japanese planes.

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The US fought back immediately, within minutes.

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5 months. The attack on Pearl was in December and Doolittle's Raid took place in April of '42.

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Almost 5 years.

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