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December 7th, "a date that will live in infamy," is the anniversary of the 1941 bombing of Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. So that we never forget this tragic day in history, National Pearl Harbor Day is commemorated annually across the United States. On this important holiday, American flags are lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset in solemn remembrance of the 2,403 people whose lives were lost. Though these events seem so far in our past, we mustn't forget the magnitude of these …

VE "Victory in Europe" Day marks the formal acceptance by the Allied Forces of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. Prior to the surrender of the German Nazi forces, Adolf Hitler and his new bride (and longtime mistress), Eva Braun, committed suicide, which left the Nazi's under the control of General Karl Dönitz. Dönitz negotiated for surrender in hopes that the Allies would prove more lenient than their Soviet adversaries and their leader, Josef Stalin. Unfortunately for …