In this photo from Ford Island Naval Air Station taken on December 7, 1941, sailors are seen standing among crashed aircraft as they observe the USS Shaw’s explosion during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
While the USS Maryland, on the left, is still afloat in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, the USS West Virginia battleship, in the centre, starts to sink after sustaining significant damage.
This Dec. 7, 1941 image provided by the U.S. War Department made from a Japanese newsreel shows Japanese planes over Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
At Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 24, 1943, the battleship USS Oklahoma is lifted out of the water in this photograph.
After Japanese planes attacked the military facility in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, a tiny boat rescues a seaman from the burning USS West Virginia in the foreground. The attack that drew the United States into World War II resulted in the deaths of more than 2,300 American service members and civilians.
In this image from the U.S. Navy, burned fuel from smashed fuel tanks cover areas of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, turning the area into a sea of flame. The USS Oklahoma that has capsized and a crippled American warship are hardly visible through the smoke.
Following a surprise attack by Japanese warplanes, the US Pacific Fleet is seen in flames in this photo taken on December 7, 1941.
The USS California is burning in this US Navy file photo after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Despite the fact that 2,403 Americans were murdered in Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago, forensic experts in Hawaii are still trying to identify the bodies of the deceased. Thanks to advancements in DNA testing, a collection of skulls, bones, and teeth that were ruled unidentified in the years following the deadly attack are finally being connected to lost sailors and Marines.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, as shown in this US Navy file photo of the burning USS California. A team of forensic researchers in Hawaii is still seeking to identify the bodies of the deceased 75 years after Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which claimed 2,403 American lives. Thanks to breakthroughs in DNA testing, a collection of skulls, bones, and teeth that were thought to be unidentified in the years after the deadly attack are finally being connected to missing sailors and Marines.
Following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, a tiny boat pulls the crew of the USS West Virginia out of the ocean. On the superstructure, upper centre, are two men. Beyond the burning West Virginia is the USS Tennessee’s mast.
