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Pearl Harbor
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
is a
lagoon
harbor
on the island of
Oahu
,
Hawaii
, west of
Honolulu
. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is 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. The
attack on Pearl Harbor
by the
Empire of Japan
on December 7, 1941 was the immediate cause of the
United States
' entry into
World War II
.
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