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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 .
US ship dispositions at time of Pearl Harbor attack. Rear Admiral Walter S. Anderson. Battleship Division 1 Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd † 1 Pennsylvania class (12 × 14-inch main battery) Arizona (BB-39) (sunk) (Captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh †) 2 Nevada class (10 × 14-inch main battery) Nevada (BB-36) (Captain Francis W. Scanland)
The game of Rugby evolved at Rugby School from early folk football, with the rules of play being agreed upon before the start of each match. Some Rugby clubs were also early members of The Football Association, leaving after they left out rules for "running with the ball" and "hacking" when framing their code in 1863. The rugby laws were ...
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on the neutral United States by the Imperial Japanese Navy against numerous U.S. military sites on the island of Oahu – with a focus on the naval base at Pearl Harbor – in the U.S. Territory of Hawaii on ...
Ensign Sakamaki was one of ten sailors (five officers and five petty officers) selected to attack Pearl Harbor in five two-man Ko-hyoteki class midget submarines on 7 December 1941. Of the ten, nine were killed (including the other crewman in submarine HA. 19, CWO Kiyoshi Inagaki.) Sakamaki was chosen for the mission due to his large number of ...
On December 8, 1941, the day following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, four fishing sampans were strafed by United States Army Air Forces aircraft off Barber's Point, Kalaeloa, Hawaii. The attack, considered a case of mistaken identity, left six fishermen dead and seven wounded.
Ships present during the attack on Pearl Harbor (1 C, 112 P) Pages in category "Attack on Pearl Harbor" The following 178 pages are in this category, out of 178 total.
Pages in category "Deaths by Japanese airstrikes during the attack on Pearl Harbor" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .