Pearl Harbor

Agnes Shurr was born near Glenburn, North Dakota in 1915 and grew up on a farm. She followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a nurse after studying at St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing in Minot. Agnes worked at a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, but in 1928 decided to join the Navy to see the world and earn more money.

With the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, World War II came to American territory. On December 12th, the University of North Dakota's student newspaper, the Dakota Student, printed this editorial about the arrival of World War II.

Across the United States the country recoiled at the alarming news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on this date in 1941. The Japanese bombardment and declaration of war had been a surprise.

Across the United States, the country recoiled on this date in 1941 at the alarming news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the declaration of war…

On a five-acre plot, on the edge of Carrington, North Dakota, Harry Hayashi created a little piece of Japan. The Rainbow Gardens were modeled after…