View of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Date: December 7, 1941
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-112, Box 9, Folder: Photographs: Japanese Operations/Pearl Harbor
View of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Smoke can be seen coming off of the ships in the harbor.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War Two. The day following the attack, December 8, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his "Day of Infamy" speech, and the United States entered World War II. The attack left over 3,500 Americans were killed or wounded, and 350 aircraft destroyed or damaged.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-112, Box 9, Folder: Photographs: Japanese Operations/Pearl Harbor
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
December 7, 1941
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SIA2013-00600 or USN 32792
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print