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| Coordinates | 21°22′04″N 157°58′38″W / 21.3679°N 157.9771°W |
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands are now a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887.[1] The surprise attack on the harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, led the United States to declare war on the Empire of Japan, marking the United States' entry into World War II.[2][3][4]
- ^ "Pearl Harbor: Its Origin and Administrative History Through World War II". Naval History and Heritage Command. April 23, 2015. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ FDR Pearl Harbor Speech. December 8, 1941. Archived from the original on July 24, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
December 7th, 1941, a day that will live in infamy.
- ^ Apple, Russell A.; Benjamin Levy (February 8, 1974). "Pearl Harbor" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ "Pearl Harbor" (pdf). Photographs. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2012.