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At the time of the attack, the 130 vessels of the U.S. Pacific Fleet lay at Pearl Harbor.

1. Note the location of Ford Island Naval Air Station on Map 3 and then locate it on Map 2.

2. Locate the USS Arizona.

3. Does this map help you understand why the Japanese believed that a victory here would secure the Pacific? Why or why not?

* The map on the screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high quality version of this map, but be aware that the file will take as much as a minute to load with a 28.8K modem.

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