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__Pearl Harbor Facts__ >
 * The attack took place on December 7, 1941.
 * The Japanese attack force was under the command of Admiral Nagumo.
 * Japansese force consisted of six carriers with 423 planes.
 * At 6 a.m. the first Japanese attack wave of 83 planes took off.
 * Nickname for Pearl Harbor is "Gibraltar of the Pacific."
 * Eighteen U.S. ships were hit.
 * Three prime targets escaped damage, the U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers, the Lexington, Enterprise and Saratoga. They were not in the port when the attack took place.
 * Another target, the base fuel tanks also escaped damage.
 * Casualties included 2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians.
 * 1178 people were wounded.
 * The day after the attack the U.S. and Britain declared war on Japan.
 * Pearl Harbor is the Naval Base for the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
 * Pearl Harbor is the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.