December 7–8, 1941
Pearl Harbor brings the United States into World War II
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, and Congress declared war the following day. The shift quickly affected Preston County through enlistment and the draft, rationing, war production, bond drives, military correspondence, and casualty notices.
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