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Harry Truman: Japan struck at Pearl Harbor because she thought the United States was too weak to fight back.

On the recordJune 6, 1947
Japan struck at Pearl Harbor because she thought the United States was too weak to fight back.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Kansas City at the 35th Division Reunion Memorial Service

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