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[WORLD WAR II]. Pacific Theater & Pearl Harbor Newspaper Front Pages. V.p., 1941-1945. Archive of approximately 63 original newspaper printings of front pages related to the Japanese / US Pacific War, primarily from Kansas City newspapers, with several from Utah and Honolulu. Including: December 7, 1941: “War! Bomber by Japanese Planes.” Honolulu: The Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1st-Extra. Vol XLVIII No 15359. (2 copies). – December 7, 1941: “Japs Bomb Hawaii.” Provo: The Sunday Herald. Extra. Vol 19 No 23. – December 8, 1941. “War! Japanese Planes Attack Pearl Harbor!” The News. Vol XXX, Final Edition. – August 8, 1945: “Russia Declares War on Japan.” Kansas City: The Kansas City Star. Vol. 65 No. 325. – August 9, 1945: “Atom Bomb on Nagasaki.” Kansas City: The Kansas City Times. Vol 108 No. 190. – August 14, 1945: “Japan Surrenders!” Salt Lake City: The Salt Lake City Tribune. Vol. 151, No. 122. – August 15, 1945: “Japan Formally Quits / World War II Ends!” Salt Lake City: The Salt Lake City Tribune. Vol 151 No 123. – And many others. – Together with November 25, 1963: “President Kennedy Laid to Rest.” Provo: The Daily Herald. No. 82. – Most 21 ½ x 16 ¾”. Conditions vary. Each in a protective sleeve, toning, some tears, minor areas of loss, and chipping, fragile. All intact. Good.