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A Day That Will Live in Infamy - 75 Years Later

By Heidi Bamford - October 17, 2016

Three-quarters of a century ago, the United States was drawn into the Second World War following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Archival documents chronicle the impact of these turbulent years on Western New York.

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