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Pearl Harbor and World War II veterans Gilbert Meyer, 91, left, and Sam Fryefield, 92, arrive early to a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii marking the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on the naval base, on Sunday, Dec. James and Valerie Ruff and their 18-month-old daughter Arianna, examine the edge of the “Healing Field,” memorial of 2,500 flags overlooking the Arizona Memorial, during the commemoration marking the 66th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack in 2007. Roosevelt’s speech delivered to Congress on December 8, 1941, shows FDR’s penciled changes, including replacing the opening sentence’s “world history” with “infamy.” Ford IslandĮighty-eight-year-old Raymond Richmond of San Diego salutes in front of the USS Oklahoma Memorial on Ford Island on December 7, 2007. Ewa Marine Corps Air StationĪ wrecked ambulance is seen at the Ewa Marine Corps Air Station. At extreme right is the hulk of the capsized USS Oklahoma. USS Californiaīattered by bombs and torpedoes, the USS California slowly sinks into Pearl Harbor. The 7,050-ton light cruiser USS Raleigh, torpedoed and bombed, is held afloat by a barge the capsized USS Utah is seen in the background. The USS Nevada is seen beached at Hospital Point. The Pennsylvania was repaired shortly after the attack. In the background is the battleship USS Pennsylvania, which suffered relatively light damage during the Japanese attack.
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Wreckage of the destroyers USS Downes and Cassin. Navy personnel move a damaged PBY-5 seaplane to safety at Kaneohe Naval Air Station. PBY-5 seaplanes burn on the tarmac of Kaneohe Naval Air Station. Hickam FieldĪ damaged B-17C bomber sits on the tarmac near Hangar Number 5 at Hickam Field December 7, 1941. More than 100 Japanese planes are estimated to have taken part in the attacks at least 28 were shot down. Anti-Aircraft FireĪ Japanese bomber trails smoke after being hit by anti-aircraft fire during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The plane was an OS2U, an Observation Scout built by Vought-Sikorsky. Navy planes wrecked by Japanese bombs and bullets during the air attacks on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The USS Arizona shortly after the battleship was bombed and destroyed during the surprise attack on December 7, 1941. The forward superstructure and Number Two 14″ gun turret of the sunken USS Arizona after the attack.
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The USS Arizona burns during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Decemin Hawaii. USS ArizonaĪ frame grab from color film taken of an explosion on the USS Arizona as its forward magazine suffers a direct hit. USS West VirginiaĪ small boat rescues sailors from the USS West Virginia after she had suffered a hit in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The battleship USS West Virginia is seen afire after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. sailors standing amid wreckage watch as the USS Shaw explodes, Decemon Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Six were returned to service and participated in the war. All the ships were later raised except for the USS Arizona, which sank with more than 1,000 men onboard. Navy battleships were damaged four were sunk. The USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor.Īll eight U.S.
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Japanese soldiers wave as a plane departs for an aerial assault on the American military installation at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. More than 12 million Americans – men and women of the Greatest Generation – served during the course of the war. FDR proclaimed December 7th a “date which will live in Infamy.” Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war, which it did with just one dissenting vote. ships, destroyed nearly 300 planes, killed 2,403 servicemen and 68 civilians, and wounded 1,178 others, pulling the United States into World War II. Hawaiian time was carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy in two waves – a barrage that lasted two hours and destroyed or crippled 18 U.S. Early that Sunday morning, a surprise attack at 7:48 a.m. Ford Island in Pearl Harbor is seen in this aerial photo taken from a Japanese plane on December 7, 1941.