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The Day of the Bombings
President rosvelte was sitting on the second floor study of the white house with a friend and his scottish terrier phala. The secretary of the navy called him with shocking news that the japanese had attacked pearl harbor. He reacted with deadly calm according to the first lady elinor ros Velte. In san francisco, los angeles and seattle false rumors of enemy planes off the coast put residents on edge. Local officials imposed nighttime electricity blackouts to shield their cities from attack Hysteria reigned as americans up and down the west coast feared they would be targeted next.
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