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P-40 fighters and hangars burning at Wheeler Field, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; photo taken from a Japanese aircraftPartially sunken stern of USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941PBY Catalina aircraft aflame at Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941PBY patrol bomber burning at Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, during Pearl Harbor attack
P-40 fighters and hangars burning at Wheeler Field, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; photo taken from a Japanese aircraftPartially sunken stern of USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941PBY Catalina aircraft aflame at Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941PBY patrol bomber burning at Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, during Pearl Harbor attack
Pearl Harbor viewed from Pier 1010 on 7 Dec 1941; note capsized Oglala, Helena beyond, and Pennsylvania in backgroundPearl Harbor viewed from Pier 1010, 7 Dec 1941; note Oglala capsized in foreground, Helena further down the pier, Nevada (right) and Shaw (center) in backgroundPhoenix steaming past burning wrecks of battleships West Virginia and Arizona, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941Photo capturing the moment the powder magazine of the USS Shaw exploded during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 Dec 1941 at about 0930. Note the after turrets of the USS Nevada passing in the channel at right.
Pearl Harbor viewed from Pier 1010 on 7 Dec 1941; note capsized Oglala, Helena beyond, and Pennsylvania in backgroundPearl Harbor viewed from Pier 1010, 7 Dec 1941; note Oglala capsized in foreground, Helena further down the pier, Nevada (right) and Shaw (center) in backgroundPhoenix steaming past burning wrecks of battleships West Virginia and Arizona, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941Photo capturing the moment the powder magazine of the USS Shaw exploded during the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 Dec 1941 at about 0930. Note the after turrets of the USS Nevada passing in the channel at right.
Sailors at Naval Air Station Ford Island reloading ammunition clips and belts between Japanese attack waves, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941Sailors in a motor launch rescued a survivor from the water alongside the sunken West Virginia during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 2Sailors in a motor launch rescued a survivor from the water alongside the sunken West Virginia during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 2; note false colorScene on main deck of seaplane tender Curtiss after Pearl Harbor attack, 7 Dec 1941; note burned out OS2U-2 floatplane on deck
Sailors at Naval Air Station Ford Island reloading ammunition clips and belts between Japanese attack waves, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941Sailors in a motor launch rescued a survivor from the water alongside the sunken West Virginia during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 2Sailors in a motor launch rescued a survivor from the water alongside the sunken West Virginia during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 2; note false colorScene on main deck of seaplane tender Curtiss after Pearl Harbor attack, 7 Dec 1941; note burned out OS2U-2 floatplane on deck
Seaplane hanger ablaze after being bombed by Japanese aircraft, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 2Seaplane hanger ablaze after being bombed by Japanese aircraft, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 2Smoke from Battleship Row rises from behind the Supply Depot as seen from the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941.Smoke rising from Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row as seen from the Submarine base, 7 Dec 1941, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Note submarine rescue ship USS Widgeon at right and buildings of the Supply Base beyond.
Seaplane hanger ablaze after being bombed by Japanese aircraft, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 2Seaplane hanger ablaze after being bombed by Japanese aircraft, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 2Smoke from Battleship Row rises from behind the Supply Depot as seen from the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941.Smoke rising from Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row as seen from the Submarine base, 7 Dec 1941, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Note submarine rescue ship USS Widgeon at right and buildings of the Supply Base beyond.
Starboard bow view of destroyer Downes, burned out in Pearl Harbor Navy YardStarboard view of destroyer Downes, burned out and sunk in Pearl Harbor Navy YardStern view of USS California listing to port, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941The American flag, battered and torn, flying at the Hickam Field barracks during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. This was one of the most published wartime flag photos until Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima photo.
Starboard bow view of destroyer Downes, burned out in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock Number One, 7 Dec 1941Starboard view of destroyer Downes, burned out and sunk in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock Number One, 7 Dec 1941Stern view of USS California listing to port, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941The American flag, battered and torn, flying at the Hickam Field barracks during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. This was one of the most published wartime flag photos until Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima photo.

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