The 227 residents of the Carter County community of Berwyn thought they had the key to growth and prosperity when the cowboy movie star Gene Autry bought a ranch nearby.
Pearl Harbor had to be avenged. On April 18, 1942, the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo did exactly that. Less than two months later, one plane got its own revenge.
Dec. 7, 1941, at 7:55 a.m., is "A date which will live in infamy,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said. On that day the Japanese bombed the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and brought the United States into WWII. Pearl Harbor is located on the island of Oahu, west of Honolulu.