An explosion erupts during the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese navy more than half a century ago. The attacks led the United States to war, and spurred one of our darkest and most xenphobic eras, as anti-Japanese sentiment led to internment camps and harsh racism. It was a humanitarian failure of historic proportions.
Today, President-elect Barack Obama tapped Japanese-American four star general Eric K. Shinseki to be the secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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