Pearl harbor attack

President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On that day, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. Arizona and capsized the U.S.S. Oklahoma. The attack sank or beached a total of twelve ships and damaged nine others. 160 aircraft were destroyed and 150 others damaged. The attack took the country by…

Perry Richard Wallen, just in his teens aboard the USS Antares during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The horrors he must have seen as he and his fellow crewmen tried to rescue survivors and collect the remains of those who perished. Pearl Harbor Attack, USS Antares (AKS-3) U.S.S. Antares AKS3/A16-3(0661) Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941

In 1941, a raid on a U.S. naval base in Hawaii changed Americans' minds about fighting in World War II.

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5 Things You Didn't Know About Pearl Harbor

The incredibly vivid pictures show vast war ships and a PBY flying boat burning in the aftermath of the bombs dropped by the Japanese aircraft

This map shows the route of American ships on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Ataque furtivo en Pearl Harbor el 7 de diciembre de 1941. Principalmente fueron utilizados aviones construidos por Mitsubishi.

The most disturbing part of Pearl Harbor for most will be the death and destruction, and those were indeed horrible. But the numbers don't tell the whole story.

See original vintage headlines, news stories, photos and more from the Japanese attack on Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, marking the American entry into WWII.

****National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day**** Today marks the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A further 1,178 people were injured in the attack, which permanently sank two U.S. Navy battleships (the USS Arizona and the USS Utah) and destroyed 188 aircraft. #pearlharbor79 #rememberingPearlHarbor

It's now been 80 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that led to the US joining World War II.

Pearl Harbor: Japan strikes starts United States involvement in WWll. Rescue boat headed out to help.

Royalty Free Pictures of Attack on Peral Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Only five of the 335 men who survived the unprovoked attack that sunk the USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941 remain alive. Donald Stratton, 94, is one of them. He has added to the historical knowledge of that day and the beginning of America's entry into World War II in a new book, "All the Gallant Men: The First Memoir by a USS Arizona Survivor."

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Map of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA by the Imperial Japanese Navy, December 7th, 1941, World War II.

Pearl Harbor, 1941: From a Sailor’s Perspective. What It was like to be a sailor during the Pearl Harbor attack.