Naval History and Heritage Command
World War II came to the United States of America on Sunday morning, 7 December 1941.
On 4 December 1950, Ensign Jesse Brown was shot down in North Korea. Lt. j.g. Thomas J. Hudner crash-landed his plane in a failed rescue attempt, and was later awarded the Medal of Honor.
On 6 December 1917, German submarine U-53 sunk USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) off England with the loss of 64 lives.
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