A look at the effects of World War II on California and its lasting impact. Every American was impacted by the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor ... triggered air-raid sirens and anti-aircraft ...

News of the daring air raid made front-page headlines and boosted American morale less than five months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Photograph by Bettman-Corbis, Getty Images Just ...

Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...

A veteran believed to be the world’s oldest Pearl Harbor ... Air Station on Oahu on the day of the shocking attack on December 7, 1941, which precipitated America’s entry into World War II.

In the early hours of March 10, 1945, she climbed a nearby mountain while an air raid siren blared ... left her following her visit to Pearl Harbor, where Japan staged a sneak attack on the ...