DECEMBER 7, 1941

 

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    Photo #: NH 50930 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island. View looks about east, with the supply depot, submarine base.Carrier shokaku.jpg
    Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier (Shokaku distinguisable from the white band on the fuselage just ahead of the tail) to attack Pearl Harbor during the morning of 7 December 1941. Plane in the foreground is a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. USS California sinking-Pearl Harbor.jpg
    USS California sinking.

    USS SHAW exploding Pearl Harbor Nara 80-G-16871 2.jpg

    A navy photographer snapped this photograph of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, just as the USS Shaw eplodes.

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    The USS West Virginia.

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    USS Arizona, March 1931

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       USS Arizona sunk at in Pearl Harbor. The ship is resting level on the bottom. The supporting structure for the gun director tripod mast has collapsed and so the mast has tilted.

      LINK OF FDR’S “DAY OF INFAMY SPEECH” AND THE DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST JAPAN SPEECH:

      http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/audio.html

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    An aerial view of the USS Arizona Memorial with a US Navy (USN) Tour Boat, USS Arizona Memorial Detachment, moored at the pier as visitor disembark to visit and pay their respects to the Sailors and Marines who lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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  1. David Gillaspie

    Great images of a terrible day. Unforgettable.

    David Gillaspie

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