Erie veterans remember the beginning of battle in the Pacific, including the Battle of Midway, at Guadalcanal and in Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

Dec. 7, 1941, changed the lives of those in Erie and the U.S. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, forcing the U.S. into war.

Our Fight: Erie in World War II Episode 7, Operation Overlord D-Day June 6, 1944, marked the largest seaborne invasion in history.