Dogfight
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In the history in which the Ironsides were never discovered by the Eleventh Doctor, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was opposed by the Ironsides who engaged the enemy bombers in a "vicious dogfight" lasting two days. The American Navy was saved and President Harry S. Truman bestowed the Medal of Honor on the Ironsides. (PROSE: The Ironside Advance)