infamous date
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into the water. Abe offered his sympathy
for those who had died. President Obama
said Abe’s visit “reminds us that wars can
end.” He noted that Japan and the U.S.
were once enemies. But they have become
strong allies.
Today, more than 1.5 million people
visit the
Arizona
each year. They watch the
oil rise from the ship. They read the names
of those who died. More than 75 years after
the attack, they remember the day that lives
in infamy.
The joint visit of Shinzo Abe and Barack Obama in 2016 hear-
kened to a spirit of reconciliation between the two nations.
