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The "Day of Infamy" that thrust the United States into the throws of World War II took it's place in history 75 years ago Wednesday. Battleship Cove in Fall River marks the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor every December 7, and Executive Director John McDonagh tells WBSM News the floating museum has a special obligation to appropriately remember that day...

Members of the US Army Brotherhood of Tankers are refurbishing a World War Two Sherman Tank this weekend. The tank is located at Papineau Square in the North End. Historian Chuck Kennealy tells WBSM News, the group uses donations and sometimes their own money to restore the historic relics...

  As Americans prepare to honor their war dead this Memorial Day weekend our President is in Hiroshima where he hinted that the use of atomic weapons to defeat the Japanese more than seven decades ago was a "mistake." While not directly apologizing for the use of atomic bombs to defeat the Japanese in World War ll President Barrack Obama suggested that America was responsible for usherin

Boston National Historical Park will host a service and wreath-laying ceremony aboard the World War II-era destroyer USS Cassin Young to commemorate the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The service will held Monday. The program includes a rifle salute, a rendition of ``Taps'' by the Leatherneck Honors Society and the musical selection ``Remember Pearl Harbor'' by the Apollo Club of Boston...

About 2,500 people gathered at Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack that launched the U.S. into World War II. The crowd observed a moment of silence at 7:55am, the minute the bombing began 72 years ago. A vintage World War II-era airplane, a 1944 North American SNJ-5B, flew overhead to break the silence...

December 7th, 1941 will be a day that we always remember. It was the day that many Americans were struck down by a horrible attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.