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Westmoreland and Allegheny men among 1,000-plus killed in WWII 'Little Pearl Harbor'

Crews douse a burning vessel after a German air attack on Dec. 2, 1943, that destroyed 28 Allied ships and killed more than 1,000 people at the port of Bari, Italy. The surprise raid has been called “The Little Pearl Harbor.”

Five Western Pennsylvania men were among the more than 1,000 killed in a surprise World War II German attack on an Allied port in Italy that has become known as “The Little Pearl Harbor.”


Source: The Tribune-Review