Friday, December 07, 2012

December 7, 1941


Photo #: 80-G-19942

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning furiously, 7 December 1941. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit by a Japanese bomb.
At left, men on the stern of USS Tennessee (BB-43) are playing fire hoses on the water to force burning oil away from their ship

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection
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Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941
Overview and Special Image Selection

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