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December 7th 1941 the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor fells the United States into the Second World War on the west coast of America a sudden expansion of naval activity begins in preparation for what will become but greatest Seabourn campaign in history in the thriving community of Long Beach California a naval station called Roosevelt Base in honor of the nation's wartime president is rushed to completion less than a year later a neighboring shipyard is also activated its original designation as the u.s. naval dry docks Terminal Island at their peak they served as one of the linchpins of the US Navy on the west coast providing a port and repair facilities for a major portion of the Pacific Fleet in peace and war these facilities helped to bolster the defense of a nation and exert a singular influence on the course of countless individual lives it is the biggest of stories made up of the smallest of pieces a vast mosaic of hopes dreams and joys of Love's losses and memories o