5oth anniversary -12/8/1991 -JAPAN Attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base -12/7/41

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Country

Japan

Catalog Number

5oth

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Unused

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

Condition: XF, Unddressed

Grade: XF (Extremely Fine)
* * * * * Pearl Harbor - Dec 7, 1941 * * * * *This first day cover commemorates the 50th anniversary of the the air attack by Japan on our Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. The cover is produced by KMC Venture and features a first day of issue cancellation on December 8, 1991 ( 50th Anniversary ). This piece is a must-have for stamp collectors interested in military and war-themed topics. The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Air Service upon the United States against the American Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu in Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian time (6:18 p.m. GMT). The base was attacked by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. Of the eight United States Navy battleships present, all were damaged and four were sunk. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship and one minelayer. More than 180 aircraft were destroyed. A total of 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded, making it the deadliest event ever recorded in Hawaii. President Franklin D Roosevelt, in the opening line of his speech to a Joint session of Congress the following day, that Americans will famously label December 7, 1941 “ a date which will live in infinity “.

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