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On Dec. 7, 1941 Japan attacked one of the U.S. Navy's largest bases (Pearl Harbor). Killing hundreds of U.S. troops.
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The United States declared war against Japan, starting the Pacific War.
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The Marine Corps sent marines to a small island called Iwo Jima. Japan needed Iwo Jima to prolong the war. After 36 days of fighting the marines took over the island. During the battle the marines took a flag to the top of the island's largest mountian, Mt. Suribachi where they raised a U.S. flag.
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The first atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima.
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Nagasagi gets hit by the second bomb.
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Japan surrenders to the United States on the U.S. battleship the Missouri.
