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Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...
Husband Kimmel was born in Henderson, Kentucky, [1] on February 26, 1882, to Sibella "Sibbie" Lambert Kimmel (1846–1919) and Major Manning Marius Kimmel (1832–1916), a graduate of West Point who fought with the Union side during the American Civil War before switching allegiance to the Confederate States Army to fight alongside his neighbors. [2]
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
The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the time, the U.S. was a neutral country in World War II .
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Depicted place Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Honolulu county, Hawaii, United States, North and Central America) harbor ( 21°21′N 157°58′W / 21.35°N 157.97°W / 21.35; -157.97 ; NARA geographical record
In 1994, U.S. Congress designated Dec. 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Memorial events at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial remind the country of those who died that day and of the ...
Sailors walk amongst the wreckage of the American destroyers USS Cassin and USS Downes after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The battleship USS Pennsylvania is ...
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 Americans who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, which led to the United States declaring war on Japan the next day and thus entering World ...