
Caption | Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard USS Enterprise to present awards, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 27 May 1942. Note capsized USS Oklahoma and sunken USS West Virginia and USS Arizona in the background. ww2dbase | |||||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation RL Lawson Collection | |||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 27 May 1942 | |||||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii | |||||||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||||||
Added Date | 1 Jan 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain |
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