World War II began for the United States with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, followed by the invasion of the Philippine Islands the next

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"Chance aided the Japanese in the Philippines. Warning messages were never delivered, pursuit planes took off and landed at the wrong moment, anti-aircraft shel