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5 Heart-Rending Images From The Attack On Pearl Harbor

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Editor's Note: This article was original published Dec. 7, 2015. 

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8 Of The Worst Places To Sleep

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Benjamin Franklin nailed it when he said, "Fatigue is the best pillow." True story, Benny. There's nothing like pushing your body so far past exhaustion that you'd willingly, even longingly, take a nap on a concrete slab.

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And no one knows that better than military service members and we have the pictures to prove it.

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Pearl Harbor Veterans Reflect On How America’s Wars Have Changed Since 1941

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It was around 8 a.m. in Honolulu on Dec. 7, 1941, and Seaman 1st Class Stuart Hedley was below deck on the USS West Virginia when the alarm sounded. Over the loudspeaker came the words, “Away fire and rescue party.” Hedley raced topside, and as he emerged from below, he saw planes diving from every direction. Pearl Harbor was under attack.

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Hot Dog Tycoon May Have A WWII Japanese Admiral’s Gold Tooth

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Dick Portillo, as fast-food connoisseurs know, is the hot dog and Italian beef king of Chicago, the man who started his business in a food trailer in 1963 and built it into an empire of 38 successful diners before selling it reportedly for nearly $1 billion two years ago.

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This WWII Soldier Hid In A Philippine Jungle For 30 Years

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World War II had been over for nearly three decades by the time Hiroo Onoda stopped fighting.

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