Pearl Harbor Bombed !

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The New York Times Report of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Complete issue of The New York Times, December 8, 1941, 44pp, 22-1/2” x 17”. Headlined "Japan Wars on U.S. and Britain; Makes Sudden Attack on Hawaii; Heavy Fighting at Sea Reported." At center is a map illustrating the Theatre of War in the Pacific. Other front-page headlines include: "Congress Decided. Roosevelt Will Address It Today and Find It Ready to Vote War ... Tokyo Bombers Strike Hard At Our Main Bases on Oahu ... Guam Bombed ... l04 Soldiers Killed at Field in Hawaii ... Japanese Force Lands in Malaya .. .Hull Denounces Tokyo 'Infamy' ... (and) Entire City Put on War Footing." U.s. and world reaction is reported and editorialized, together with news regarding Nazi Germany and the war in Europe and Africa. Printed on ragpaper. Binder punctures along left and bottom edges, else fine.

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