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Pearl Harbor
is a complex embayment on the island of
O'ahu
,
Hawai'i
, west of
Honolulu
. Originally an extensive, shallow inlet or
bay
called
Wai Momi
, meaning "Water of Pearl", or
Pu'uloa
, by the
Hawaiians
, Pearl Harbor was regarded as the home of the shark goddess
Ka'ahupahau
and her brother
Kahi'uka
. Pearl Harbor is well known for the
attack by Japan
in
1941
which brought the
United States
into
World War II
.
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NASA
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