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The initial announcement of the attack on Pearl Harbor was made by the White House Press Secretary, Stephen Early, at 2:22 p.m. Eastern time (8:52 a.m. Hawaiian time): "The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor from the air and all naval and military activities on the island of Oahu, principal American base in the Hawaiian islands."
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The damaged battleship USS California, listing to port after being hit by Japanese aerial torpedoes and bombs, is seen off Ford Island during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S. December 7, 1941.
Doris "Dorie" Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was a U.S. Navy sailor who was the first black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. As a mess attendant second class [1] [2] aboard the battleship USS West Virginia, Miller helped carry wounded sailors to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor destroyed almost 200 U.S. aircraft, took 2,400 lives, and swayed Americans to support the decision to join World War II.
80-G-K-13513 (Color): Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. The forward magazines of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb, 7 December 1941. Frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from on board USS Solace (AH-5). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/14). Date
Dec. 8—Pearl Harbor Day lives in the minds and hearts of those who have served in the armed forces, and those who know that day in American history. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Japan ...
Berth B-22, Navy Yard Pearl Harbor Blue: DD-387 Undamaged Berth X-7 Helm: DD-388 Minor damage by two bomb near-misses Underway from berth X-7 just prior to attack, en route to deperming buoys at West Loch Mugford: DD-389 Undamaged moored port side to the Sacramento, in berth B-6, at the Navy Yard Ralph Talbot: DD-390 Undamaged