5 Pictures (and 1 Video) to Remember Pearl Harbor
Today, we commemorate the 74th anniversary of the surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the US Naval Station at Pearl Harbor. 353 planes came in two waves, damaging 8 battleships and sinking two. In the attack, 2,403 Americans were killed and an additional 1,178 wounded. The next day, the United States entered World War Two.
Here are five tweets and one video that help us to remember.
AP headline 74 yrs ago today: "Pacific Crisis Showdown May Come in Week." #PearlHarborDay #WeRemember pic.twitter.com/itymWijyQh
— VFW Southern Conf. (@VFWSouthernConf) December 3, 2015
The day of infamy, Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 pic.twitter.com/QhMJtLTNWy
— Dean Karayanis (@HistoryDean) December 2, 2015
Oakland storefront one day after Pearl Harbor #SFBayHistory Photo by Dorothea Lange via @LibraryCongress pic.twitter.com/qDDffP5hnv
— SFBay.ca (@sfbay) December 4, 2015
.epcpio Commissioners #PearlHarborDay Proclamation w/102 yr old survivor. Presentation Dec.7 https://t.co/83SP56arXe pic.twitter.com/YZNZYnCZqR
— Sallie Clark (@SallieClark) November 25, 2015
December 7, 1941: a date which will live in infamy.