Pearl Harbor attack in pictures
Updated: 2011-12-07 09:31
(Agencies)
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The USS Nevada is ablaze off the Ford Island seaplane base, with its bow pointed up-channel during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941. The volume of fire and smoke is from USS Shaw, which is burning in the floating dry dock in the background on the left. Photographed from the southeastern shore of Ford Island, near the Naval Air station HQ building. A dredging line is visible at left. Picture taken December 7, 1941. [Photo/Agencies] |
The USS Arizona is seen ablaze, immediately following the explosion of its forward magazines after the Japanese attack in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941. The photo is from a frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from onboard USS Solace. December 7, 2011 marks the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack in which over 2,400 members of the United States military were killed. Picture taken December 7, 1941. [Photo/Agencies] |
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