043820 Accession Number: 043820

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PEARL HARBOUR, 1941-12-07. THE JAPANESE CARRIER FLEET MADE A SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOUR, 360 JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING UNITED STATES SHIPS AND THE OAHU AIRFIELDS. OF THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIPS IN PORT, SIX WERE SUNK AND ONE RUN ASHORE; 120 AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED AND 2,403 MEN WERE KILLED. THE JAPANESE LOST 27 AIRCRAFT. SHOWN, A LAUNCH ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE A MAN WHO JUMPED OVERBOARD FROM THE TORPEDOED BATTLESHIP USS WEST VIRGINIA, WHICH IS SINKING ALONGSIDE THE USS TENNESSEE. THIS IS A SLIGHTLY CROPPED VERSION OF THE IMAGE HELD AS 106586. (UNITED STATES MILITARY HISTORY PHOTOGRAPH)

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Accession Number
043820
Photographer
US Military History Section
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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