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The 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.	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.	The overturned battleship USS Oklahoma, sunk by torpedoes in the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Maryland is at right and California’s masts and Ford Island water tower are in the distance.	The skies over Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack, 7 Dec 1941

USS Argonne’s copy of the dispatch from SECNAV (Secretary of the Navy) to ALNAV (All Navy Ships and Stations) directing the execution of War Plan 46 against Japan, issued 0910 hours (Hawaiian time) on Dec 7, 1941.	USS Arizona burning at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 5	USS Arizona burning at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 5	USS Arizona burning at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 3 of 5

USS Arizona burning at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 4 of 5	USS Arizona burning at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, photo 5 of 5	USS Arizona's forward magazines exploding during the Pearl Harbor attack, US Territory of Hawaii, shortly after 0800 hours, 7 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 2	USS Arizona's forward magazines exploding during the Pearl Harbor attack, US Territory of Hawaii, shortly after 0800 hours, 7 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 2

USS California damaged during Pearl Harbor attack, 7 Dec 1941	USS California settling in shallow waters, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941	USS Nevada aground and burning off Waipio Point, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after the Japanese attack, 7 Dec 1941. At right are the harbor tug USS Hoga and minesweeper USS Avocet	USS Nevada moving down the channel during the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Note smoke from USS Cassin and USS Downes and also the Gantry Crane spanning the drydocks.

USS Nevada passes the drydocks on her attempted sortie as seen from Ford Island. USS Avocet is at the bottom and the dredge line from the dredge ‘Turbine’ in between, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941.	USS Nevada, down by the head, beached at Hospital Point in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during the Japanese air attack on 7 Dec 1941. Note smoke from destroyer USS Shaw in the floating drydock just beyond Nevada.	USS Raleigh is kept afloat by barges lashed alongside due to torpedo and a bomb damage sustained in the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 Dec 1941. The capsized hull of USS Utah is visible astern of Raleigh.	USS Shaw burning in partially sunk Floating Drydock YFD-2, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941. Note men at left playing fire hoses in the direction of the drydock.