View footage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the strike that provoked the U.S. into entering World War II
Learn about the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii,...
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NARRATOR: On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the hub of the United States military power in the Pacific. More than 180 planes were destroyed; 18 ships were sunk or severely damaged. More than 3,700 men and women were wounded or killed. The events of that day, "a date which will live in infamy," as President Franklin Roosevelt called it, brought the United States into World War II.
Beneath the surface of the harbor water can still be seen the dark hull of the USS "Arizona," sunk by a series of torpedoes and aerial bombs. Over it the Arizona National Memorial honors the 1,102 men who went down and are still buried within the battleship.
Beneath the surface of the harbor water can still be seen the dark hull of the USS "Arizona," sunk by a series of torpedoes and aerial bombs. Over it the Arizona National Memorial honors the 1,102 men who went down and are still buried within the battleship.