December 7, 1941

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Pearl Harbor Attacked!

• December 7, 1941

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A day to live in infamy

• December 7, 1941

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Japanese take off from a carrier.
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Pearl Harbor from the air
Ford Island
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The island of Oahu is one of the chain of islands
we call Hawaii. At the time it was not a state
of the United States, but a territory. Wheeler
Army Base, Hickam Air Force Base and Pearl
Harbor, U.S. Naval Station, were located on this
island. They were all targets of the Japanese
attack. More than 100 planes were lost.
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• 90 minutes before the attack the U.S.S. Ward sunk
  an unidentified submarine sneaking into Honolulu.

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Diamond Head
Soldiers on an overlook on Diamond Head did not
see the Japanese planes coming.
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Kolekole Pass
Bombers flew between these mountains to get to
their targets.
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Pearl Harbor Attacked!
The red and green lines show the paths of the
Japanese planes. There were two waves of attack.
They flew through narrow mountain passes to
reach their targets.
Had they come from the south, the United States
might have been prepared to defend their bases.
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Explosion of the U.S.S. Shaw
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• Shortly before 800 a.m. on Sunday morning,
  December 7, 1941, Japanese planes launched their
  attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in
  the Hawaiian Islands.

Battleship Row during attack
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• The core of the U.S. Pacific fleet was anchored
  there.
• Almost 20 warships were destroyed.

Ship yard (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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• Some 2400 Americans were killed
• 1103 sailors were entombed on the
• U.S.S. Arizona
• when the battleship sank.

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U.S.S. California
U.S.S. Oglala
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U.S.S. Utah
U.S.S. West Virginia and U.S.S. Tennessee
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U.S.S. Nevada
U.S.S. Oklahoma
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U.S.S. Maryland
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Ford Island
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Downed Japanese plane
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U.S.S. ArizonaMemorial
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It is not just a tourist spot, but the final
resting place of those who lost their lives in
that ship. There were only 289 survivors.
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This wall lists the names of those who died in
the attack.
The turrets of the ship rise above the water.
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Many come to pay their respects.