Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It is not a federal holiday, but flags across the country are flown at half-staff in remembrance of the 2,043 service members and civilians killed on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese made a surprise attack on U.S. military installations on the island of Oahu.
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