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Commander Mitsuo Fuchida set the fateful events of Dec 7th in motion with the order: 'Attack, surprise achieved'
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The battleship USS West Virginia burns alongside the battleship USS Tennessee. The West Virginia was one of four battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor
USS Arizona Memorial, National Park Service
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A wrecked hangar and B-18 aircraft at Hickam Field. Nearly 400 people were killed or wounded at Hickam and 18 planes destroyed.
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The battleship USS California was struck by two torpedoes and a bomb. It sank three days after the Dec. 7 attack.
U.S. Navy photo; State Archives photo (photo 4)
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A Japanese bomber in flames. Japan lost 29 planes during the attack.
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The ammunition magazine of the destroyer USS Shaw explodes. The blast cut the ship in two; the rear half remained afloat and the ship was eventually reconstructed.
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One of 12 unarmed B-17 bombers, which arrived from California during the attack, made an emergency landing at Bellows Field.
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A Japanese midget submarine, beached at Bellows on Dec. 8 after failing to enter Pearl Harbor, gave the U.S. its first World War II prisoner of war, Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki.
National Archives and Records Adminstration
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