The Pacific Ocean lagoon off the coast of Oahu is the home to the United States Pacific Fleet and was the site of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack by Japan that brought the U.S. into World War II. Pearl Harbor still contains the USS Arizona with the remains of 1,102 Navy and Marine military members who died during the Japanese strike and a National Memorial was constructed around the battleship remains in 1962. The harbor also contains the USS Missouri, the battleship where the Japanese surrendered on Sept. 2, 1945. The U.S. Navy first established a base at Pearl Harbor in 1899.
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