How Tucson reacted following the attack on Pearl Harbor

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Things moved quickly after forces with the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. See how Tucson reacted and participated in the war effort in the first seven days with these Daily Star news clips.

Dec. 8, 1941 ─ Front page news

Dec. 8, 1941, page A1

Dec. 8, 1941 — Davis-Monthan under watch

Guards Watch Air Base Here

Dec. 8, 1941 — Arizona troop recall

D-M troops recalled

Continued

Dec. 9, 1941 — Tucson forms a Civilian Defense Committee

Dec. 9, 1941 page A1

Dec. 10, 1941 — Residents begin to enlist

More Tucsonans go into service

Dec. 10, 1941 — The American Red Cross talks disaster relief

Red Cross disaster plan

Dec. 10, 1941 — First Tucsonan is sent into service

Local men enlisted

Dec. 10, 1941 — Tucson women's groups show their support

Tucson women lend aid to war effort

Dec. 11, 1941 — Bisbee soldier is the first Arizona casualty

First Arizona casualty

Dec. 11, 1941 — Southern Arizona welcomes coastal evacuees

Sunshine Club pitches in

Dec. 11, 1941 — Germans, Japanese, Italian arrested in Tucson

Arrests

Dec. 11, 1941 — Tucsonan is shot down

Tucsonan unhurt as plane downed

Dec. 11, 1941 — Man is arrested for draft evasion

Draft evasion arrest

Dec. 12, 1941 — Blackout plans discussed

Blackout plans

Dec. 12, 1941 — UA students are summoned for selective service meeting

Assembly of men called

Dec. 12, 1941 — First casualty was a cowboy

First casualty was a cowboy

Dec. 12, 1941 — Expansion of the veterans hospital is pushed

Veterans hospital

Dec. 14, 1941 — New blackout rules given

New blackout rules

Dec. 14, 1941 — Local tribe participation

Defense bonds

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

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