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This Dec. 7, 1941 file photo shows the terrible results of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, as the USS Arizona went down in flames and smoke.
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Smoke and flames rise from the USS Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, shown in this file photo.
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Pearl Harbor, burning ships from Japanese bombing
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Japanese subs joined with the planes in bringing havoc to ships anchored in Pearl Harbor. Sailors man boats to fight the fire on the battleship West Virginia, one of the many vessels wrecked in the sneak attack. The Stars and Stripes still flies against the smoke-blackened sky, and never came down in defeat.
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A Japanese flight of planes from aircraft carriers swept over Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, and plunged the United States into the war. Here is the naval air station, littered with dead and wreckage while an explosion in the background sends smoke and flame high in the sky.
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A testimony to the extent of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 is given by this official U.S. Navy photo showing three U.S. battleships hit from the air. Left to right: USS West Virginia, severely damaged; USS Tennessee, damaged; And USS Arizona, sunk
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Burning fuel oil from shattered tanks on ships hit in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor makes a lurid sea of flame in the harbor, Dec. 7,1941. Smoke billows black and heavy into the sky. Hardly visible through the murk is a U.S. battleship and the hulk of capsized USS Oklahoma barely breaks the surface to the right of it
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Three U.S. sailors watch the USS Nevada leave Pearl Harbor, made seaworthy by temporary repairs after being severely damaged and beached in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Nevada was heading for permanent repairs at a U.S. port. The Nevada bombarded the shore during the Normandy invasion on D-Day.
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The USS Maryland battleship moored inboard of the USS Oklahoma, which capsized, was damaged slightly in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but was one of the first ships to rejoin the fleet.
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One of U.S. Navy planes wrecked in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this observation scout seaplane’s engine was ripped from its housing.
U.S. Navy Courtesy
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A crude wooden platform erected as a temporary observation post in 1950 was the only surface memorial to those who perished aboard the battleship Arizona at Pearl Harbor until the Pacific War Memorial Commission created a permanent memorial. Outlines of the deteriorating Arizona are barely visible beneath the placid harbor waters.
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Memorial Day Parade Spokane, Remember Pearl Harbor Float
The Spokesman-Review File
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In this Dec. 7, 1941 file picture, the battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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With the USS Arizona Memorial in the background, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force Commander Seishi Goto reads a historical placard in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 – the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base which pulled the U.S. into war with Japan.
Marco Garcia Ap
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As sailors stand at attention, the USS Chung-Hoon sails past the USS Arizona Memorial during the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base which pulled the US into a war with Japan.
Marco Garcia Ap
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American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo.
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In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, a small boat rescues a crew member from the water as heavy smoke rolls out of the stricken USS West Virginia after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Two men can be seen on the superstructure, upper center. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia. Saturday marks the 72nd anniversary of the attack that brought the United States into World War II.
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Firemen and civilians rush to the scene with fire hoses to save homes and stores in the Japanese and Chinese sections of Honolulu, Hawaii, in this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo.
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In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo released by the U.S. Navy, sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background, during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo released by the U.S. Navy, the destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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