Dec. 7, 1941: The destroyer Shaw's forward magazine explodes after being struck during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Dec. 7, 1941: Japanese pilots get instructions aboard an aircraft carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor in this scene from a Japanese newsreel. It was obtained by the U.S. War Department and released to U.S. newsreels.
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Dec. 7, 1941: This image, from a Japanese film later captured by American forces, shows a Nakajima "Kate" B-5N bomber launching from the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku in the second wave of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: Three U.S. battleships -- the West Virginia, left, severely damaged; the Tennessee, damaged; and the Arizona, sunk -- are hit by Japanese bombs at Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor — Dec. 7, 1941: The light cruiser Phoenix steams past the burning battleships Arizona and West Virginia and takes to sea with the rest of the fleet following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1951 the Phoenix was sold to Argentina. In 1956 the ship was named the ARA General Belgrano, and in 1982 it was sunk by the British nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: An image taken from a Japanese aircraft shows battleship row at Pearl Harbor during the 1941 attack.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: Heavy black smoke billows from the battleship Maryland, center, and the hulk of the capsized battleship Oklahoma is seen to the right.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: The Arizona in flames after the attack.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: A rescue boat helps a crew member from the battleship West Virginia after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Two men can be seen on the superstructure, upper center.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: A photograph taken from a Japanese aircraft during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island. This view looks east, with the supply depot, submarine base and fuel tank farm in the right center distance. A torpedo has just hit the battleship West Virginia on the far side of Ford Island (center). Japanese planes are visible in the right center (over Ford Island) and over the Navy Yard at right. Japanese writing in the lower right states that the photograph was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Naval Historical Center
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: The battleship Arizona burns, with its guns just above the water line, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: Struck by two torpedoes and two bombs, the California, right, settles to the bottom during the Japanese attack.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: This Japanese aerial photo of smoking U.S. ships during Pearl Harbor attack appeared in a 1942 publication called The New Order in Greater East Asia.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: The battleship Maryland, moored inboard of the Oklahoma, which capsized, was damaged slightly in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: Sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the battleship Shaw in the background.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: The battleship Arizona belches smoke as it topples into the sea. The ship sank with more than 80% of its 1,500-man crew, including Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: This P-40 was machine gunned while on the ground during the Pearl Harbor attack.
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HONOLULU — Dec. 7, 1941: Twisted metal wreckage lay along a Honolulu street after the city was attacked by Japanese planes.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: A Japanese dive bomber goes into its final dive after it was hit by U.S. anti-aircraft fire.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: Seen from Ford Island, the USS California lists to port after being hit by torpedoes and bombs.
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PEARL HARBOR — U.S. Navy seamen examine the wreckage of a Japanese torpedo plane shot down at Pearl Harbor.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: The battleship West Virginia, sunk and burning at Pearl Harbor. In the background is the battleship Tennessee.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Naval Institute Photograph Collection
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PEARL HARBOR — Wreckage, identified by the U.S. Navy as a Japanese torpedo plane, was salvaged from Pearl Harbor after the 1941 attack.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: Heavy damage is seen on the destroyers Downes and Cassin.
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OAHU — Dec. 17, 1941: Youths on Oahu inspect the wreckage of a Japanese bomber brought down by a United States plane during the Dec 7, 1941, attack on Hawaii.
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HONOLULU — Dec. 7, 1941: The wing of a Japanese bomber shot down on the grounds of the naval hospital at Honolulu, Hawaii.
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HONOLULU — Dec. 7, 1941: The wreckage of American planes bombed by the Japanese at the U.S. Army's Hickam Field.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: Smoke clouds the sky over Pearl Harbor as two sailors crouch with their rifles on a pier at the submarine base. Submarines berthed nearby are the Tautog and the Narwhal.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: A Japanese bomber on a run over Pearl Harbor. Black smoke rises from American ships in the harbor. And below is a U.S. Army air field.
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HONOLULU — Dec. 7, 1941: Troops man a machine gun at Wheeler Field, which is next to Schofield Barracks in Honolulu.
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Dec. 7, 1941: Looking southwest, a view of Pearl Harbor from the hills taken during the Japanese raid. Anti-aircraft shells burst overhead and, a large column of smoke in lower center is from the battleship Arizona.
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PEARL HARBOR — Dec. 7, 1941: Wrecked Catalina patrol aircraft at Ford Island after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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HONOLULU — The body of a Japanese lieutenant who crashed during the attack on Pearl Harbor is buried with military honors by U.S. troops. This undated picture was released by the Navy.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Mar. 9 , 1942: In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy the USS Shaw, flying the Union Jack at her new bow, is in a dry dock where damage done during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is rapidly being repaired. The temporary bow, with which the Shaw crossed the Pacific, lies in the foreground, ready to become scrap metal.
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PEARL HARBOR — Feb. 1942: This photo shows the wreckage of the battleship Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
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PEARL HARBOR — Feb. 2, 1942: The battleship USS Arizona is partially visible as it rests on the bottom of Pearl Harbor.
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PEARL HARBOR — 1943: The stricken Oklahoma lies half-righted as cables stretched over wooden A-frames to Ford Island at Pearl Harbor are used to right the ship. The ship was hit by torpedoes and sunk in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After being refloated, further repair of the Oklahoma was stopped. After the war, it was sold for scrap but sank in 1947 while under tow to the West Coast.
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PEARL HARBOR — May 24, 1943: As the deck of the capsized battleship Oklahoma breaks water, damage and corrosion to its superstructure are visible.
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WASHINGTON — Feb. 13, 1946: Henry C. Clausen, a former lieutenant colonel, listens to a question asked of him as he testifies at the joint congressional Peal Harbor inquiry evening session in Washington, D.C. Clausen, later a Los Angeles attorney, conducted a one-man investigation of the Pearl Harbor disaster in 1945 for Secretary of War Henry Stimson.
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Aug. 28, 2002: A Japanese midget submarine sunk before the attack on Pearl Harbor is shown in an image from video. The sub was found by researchers from the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, who stumbled across the vessel while doing training dives a few miles from Pearl Harbor.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory
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