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Surviving Pearl Harbor
How one US Navy mechanic made it through the surprise Japanese attack which brought America into World War Two.
On 7 December 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. Thousands of American servicemen died in a raid which brought their country into World War Two. Former Navy mechanic, Adolph Kuhn, tells Witness how he survived.
(Photo: The USS Arizona sinking at Pearl Harbor. Credit: Getty Images)
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