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Opinion: People used to know what America stood for

A small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 during World War II. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia. - photo by Associated Press

Pearl Harbor — A small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 during World War II. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia. - photo by Associated Press

The attack on Pearl Harbor was Dec. 7, 1941, the year in which I was born.