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    ASK WWII

    Oct 26, 2021 2 minutes

    Q: I’ve heard that Winston Churchill was hosting a party for prominent Americans when news of Pearl Harbor broke and that none of the Americans knew where Pearl Harbor was. Any truth to that story? —Harsha Muni, Santa Ana, Calif.

    Churchill was indeed hosting prominent Americans on December

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