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02/12/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Surviving Pearl Harbor

How one US Navy mechanic made it through the surprise Japanese attack on his Pacific base

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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