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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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.

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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.

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

More than just a significant military battle in world history, the events at Pear Harbor awakened the local military and civilian residents to the character of war. At the moment bombs began to fall, these men and women were instantly engaged into the depths of the human condition

December 7, 1941 Losses	United States	Japan
Personnel Killed	2390	64
Navy	1999	64
Marine Corps	109
Army and Army Air Corps	233
Civilian	49

Personnel Wounded	1178	unknown
Navy	710
Marine Corps	69
Army and Army Air Corps	364
Civilian	35

Ships
Sunk or Beached**	12	5
Damaged	9

Aircraft
Destroyed	164	29
Damaged	159	74

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.

** All U.S. Ship except Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma were salvaged and later saw action.

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