Pearl Harbor 1941

Pearl Harbor
December 7th, 1941 "A Day that will Live in Infamy"

Pearl Harbor is "ground zero" where World War II began for the United States.
The event where Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto stated:
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant..."

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Unaware of the approaching Japanese flotilla, the U.S. Navy (185 U.S. vessels) was moored in small groups throughout Pearl Harbor in defense of possible sabotage attempts.

HISTORY

The attack on Pearl Harbor was the culmination of a decade of deteriorating relations between Japan and the United States over the status of China and the security of Southeast Asia.

PEOPLE

The bond between USS Arizona shipmates went beyond being comrades; there were 37 sets of brothers assigned to the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941.

PHOTOS

The images which follow, capture some of the events that occurred on that fateful day. But photos fail to capture the courage, the bravery, the self-sacrifice, along with the horror and panic that greeted the island's inhabitants on that sleepy Sunday in December 1941.

Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, sent the coded messages
"Tora, Tora, Tora"
telling the fleet that complete surprise had been achieved.

Sunken USS Arizona afire

The USS Arizona serves as the final resting place for many of the battleship's 1,177 crew members who lost their lives on December 7, 1941.