The USS Maryland, a battleship moored inboard of the capsized USS Oklahoma, was damaged slightly in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
White House reporters dash for the telephones on December 7, 1941, after they had been told by presidential press secretary Stephen T. Early that Japanese submarines and planes had just bombed the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
Selling papers on December 7, 1941 at Times Square in New York City, announcing that Japan has attacked U.S. bases in the Pacific. |
Declaring Japan guilty of a dastardly unprovoked attack, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on December 8, 1941. Listening are Vice President Henry Wallace, left, and House Speaker Sam Rayburn. |
all images above from: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/world-war-ii-pearl-harbor/100117/ |
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