Pearl Harbor
On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.
 
 
This slide show is comprised of photos stored in an old brownie camera in a foot locker and just recently taken to be developed.
 
 
                                                                                            Brownie Camera
 

The photos were taken by a sailor who was on the USS Quapaw
AFT-110.
 


 
 
 
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