{"id":352,"date":"2011-12-08T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/thisisus\/?p=352"},"modified":"2011-12-08T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T19:35:00","slug":"bay-area-veterans-remember-pearl-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/2011\/12\/08\/bay-area-veterans-remember-pearl-harbor\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area Veterans Remember Pearl Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Imperial Japanese Navy struck without warning on December 7, 1941, leaving 3700 casualties in their wake. It was a terrible, devastating day.<\/p>\n<p>This is Us interviewed a dozen Bay Area veterans of the Pearl Harbor attack. They told remarkable stories. The men revealed how they came to be at Pearl Harbor that day, their experience in the battle and how and why they survived. 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