Pearl Harbor attack, surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, which precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. Learn more about the details and significance of the attack in this article.

Perry Richard Wallen, just in his teens aboard the USS Antares during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The horrors he must have seen as he and his fellow crewmen tried to rescue survivors and collect the remains of those who perished. Pearl Harbor Attack, USS Antares (AKS-3) U.S.S. Antares AKS3/A16-3(0661) Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941

President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On that day, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. Arizona and capsized the U.S.S. Oklahoma. The attack sank or beached a total of twelve ships and damaged nine others. 160 aircraft were destroyed and 150 others damaged. The attack took the country by…

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Remembering Pearl Harbor

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Battleship row of USN battleaships @ Pearl Harbor on the morning of the attack, Dec 7, 1941. (pinterest.image) 08.20 (War Art)

Americans across the country are commemorating the December 7, 1941 attack on the military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii today.

See original vintage headlines, news stories, photos and more from the Japanese attack on Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, marking the American entry into WWII.