Destroyer USS Shaw Burning, 1941
Naval photograph documenting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated US participation in World War II. Navy's caption: The twisted remains of the destroyer USS SHAW burning in floating drydock at Pearl Harbor after Japanese air attack. Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Pu'uloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of O'ahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, brought the United States into World War II.
Size: 4500px × 3620px
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License: Licensed
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