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Battle at Pearl Harbor

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: A tug or utility boat in the foreground and a battleship sit in Pearl Harbor with smoke rising in the background from the Japanese attack.
Manuscript

"Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor" Notes

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Description: Page 2 of notes regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor written by George F. Hicks.
Photograph

USS Nevada and USS Shaw

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The USS Nevada in berth at Pearl Harbor with the USS Shaw burning in the background after its forward deck was hit with a Japanese bomb.
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Stern of USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to...
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Capsized USS Oklahoma

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Capsized USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. The Oklahoma was hit with a large number of Japanese aerial torpedoes which ripped an opening across ...
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Lewis Arms and Friends Near Pearl Harbor

Date: 1945
Description: Lewis Arms (center) poses with two navy buddies at Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Pearl Harbor.
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USS Shaw Exploding

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The forward magazines of the USS Shaw exploding after a Japanese bomb set the fore aflame as it sat in dock at Pearl Harbor. The midships and stern ...
Print

Remember Pearl Harbor

Date: 12 07 1942
Description: A souvenir program entitled "Remember Pearl Harbor!" for an event at Columbus Auditorium in Green Bay. The program includes roll call of the Earl Wallen Pl...
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Lewis Arms on a Motorcycle near Pearl Harbor

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Description: Lewis Arms sits on a motorcycle, probably at Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor Day

Date: 12 1980
Description: "Legion members performed a flag burning ceremony on Pearl Harbor Day. Front; Comm. David Metz, Dodge County Comm. Jack Halverson, Gerald Beck & P. Bodden...
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Ruins of the USS Cassin and USS Downes

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The remains of the USS Cassin and the USS Downes floating in front of the USS Pennsylvania in dock at Pearl Harbor. On the left is th...
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Berlin Reporter

Date: 1940
Description: Associated Press journalist Alvin Steinkopf, formerly of Milwaukee, photographed on the streets of Berlin. Steinkopf was in Berlin until after Pearl Harbor...
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Rescuing the USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors in a motor launch attempt a rescue of survivors from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia during or shortly after the...
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Heat Rationing

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Description: After Pearl Harbor American diplomats and journalists were interned at the Grand Hotel in the German resort community of Bad Nauheim until their release in...
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Captain Cassin Young

Date: 1942
Description: Image of Captain Cassin Young after having received the Medal of Honor. Captain Young received the medal for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor,...
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Berlin Zebra

Date: 1940
Description: Zebras in the Berlin zoo stretching their necks for what they think may be a treat. It appears that the man is holding a camera. The photograph was taken b...
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Robert Doyle at His Typewriter

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Robert Doyle (shirtles), works at the typewriter in his quarters in the BOQ (Bachelor Officer Quarters) #5, room 110, at CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacif...

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