Just 67 years ago tomorrow, Americans awoke to a peaceful Sunday morning. They went to bed that night with the certainty of war.

It was Dec. 7, 1941.

The attack came in two waves and lasted about 90 minutes in all. Forces of the Empire of Japan launched more than 350 aircraft from six aircraft carriers in an effort to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

By the time it was over, five of the eight battleships at the U.S. Naval Station at Pearl Harbor had been sunk and the other three damaged. The attackers sank or seriously damaged three cruisers, three destroyers...

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