haʊˈɛvɚ, ɪmpˈɪɹiəl dʒəpˈæn ɐtˈækt ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts ˌɔn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ sˈɛvən, ænd ðə mɚɹˈiːn ˈɛmbəsi ɡˈɑːɹdz, plˈʌs ɐ fˈoːɹtiːnmˈæn nˈeɪvəl mˈɛdɪkəl dɪtˈætʃmənt, ɐ tˈoʊɾəl ʌv tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd θɹˈiː mˈɛn, wɜː kˈæptʃɚd ænd hˈɛld æz slˈeɪv lˈeɪbɚɹ ʌntˈɪl ðə wˈɔːɹz ˈɛnd ɪn ˈɔːɡəst nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈaɪv.
However, Imperial Japan attacked the United States on December 7, and the Marine Embassy guards, plus a fourteen-man Naval medical detachment, a total of 203 men, were captured and held as slave labor until the war's end in August 1945.