The battleship USS Arizona on fire and sitting on the bottom of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii but with her flag still flying from the flagstaff, 7 Dec 1941.

Caption     The battleship USS Arizona on fire and sitting on the bottom of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii but with her flag still flying from the flagstaff, 7 Dec 1941. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-32591
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Attack on Pearl Harbor   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Arizona   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 2,810 x 2,287 pixels
Photos on Same Day 7 Dec 1941
Photos at Same Place Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
7 Sep 2016 10:45:12 AM

This flag was lost to history. When the flag was finally struck from the flagstaff, it had holes in it from either gunfire or shrapnel or both, it was scorched around the edges, and it was stained with oil. Because of this, a junior officer did exactly what Navy regulations called for and submitted the flag for destruction while requisitioning a new one. Had this flag survived, perhaps it and not Commodore Perry’s flag would have been brought to Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremonies in 1945.

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