United States WWII

The Attack On Pearl Hardbour - A New Picture: Picture taken at time of the treacherous Japanese air attacks on pearl Harbour, December 1941. Eight battleships - the main target - Were in the harbor. Two, (Arizona and Oklahoma) were sunk; three (California, Nevada and west Virginia) were completely disabled; the (Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tennessean) temporarily put out of action, and were the seven cruisers present (Helaina, Ho Raleigh) of28 destroyers three only One of them, the Shaw, is known to be service. Despite severe damage to runw in the first surprise wave of the atta Army planes destroyed 20 of the 105 a enemy aircraft, while 28 were dhot down the Navy. Although completely taken by su all ships A.A. batterles were in action in five minutes. U.S. Navy losses have been made good in record time. Photo show this is the Wreckage-Strewn Navel Air Station at pearl Harbour following one of the Japanese sneak attacks on the morning of December 7, 1941. In the background, an explosion sends a mass of flames and smoke high into the sky

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