| Caption | Oil burning on the water surface in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941 ww2dbase | |||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||
| Added Date | 11 Oct 2011 | |||||||||
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24 Aug 2011 08:35:33 AM
This appears to be the burning slick that threatened California. Upturned Oklahoma and burning Arizona can be seen in background. Also note boatloads of men in channel.