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Pearl Harbor - a day of infamy - December 7, 1941
Images from the United States National Archives and Records Administration

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Title	"Admiral C. W. Nimitz, CinCPac, pins Navy Cross on Doris Miller, at ceremony on board warship in Pearl Harbor, T. H."
Date	05/27/1942
Control Number	NWDNS-208-NP-8PP-2

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Title	Captured Japanese photograph taken aboard a Japanese carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Date	1943-1958
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-30549
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.

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Title	Captured Japanese photograph taken during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. In the distance, the smoke rises from Hickam Field.
Date	1943-1958
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-30550

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Title	USS SHAW exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, T.H.
Date	12/07/1941
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-16871

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Title	The USS ARIZONA burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Date	12/07/1941
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-32420

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Title	Pearl Harbor, T.H. taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. USS WEST VIRGINIA aflame.
Date	12/07/1941
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-19947

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Title	Enlisted men repair and check instruments aboard a submarine just returned to Pearl Harbor. Hawaii
Date	ca.05/1945
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-468179

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Title	Pearl Harbor, taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. Wreckage at Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor.
Dates	1943-1958
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-19948

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Title	Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Wrecked USS DOWNES at left and USS CASSIN at right. In the rear is the USS PENNSYLVANIA, 33,100-ton Flagship of the Pacific Fleet, which suffered only light damage.
Date	12/1941
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-19943

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Title	A burned B-17C aircraft rests near Hangar Number Five, Hickam Field, following the attack by Japanese aircraft. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Date	12/07/1941
Creating Org.	Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center.
Control Number	NWDNS-80-G-32915

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Title	A further indication that not all Japanese fight to the death is this bag of 221 Nip prisoners of war. Sprawled on the deck of an Landing Craft Tank, they are being brought to a Coast Guard-manned troop transport at Guam for transfer to Pearl Harbor.
Date	ca.1945
Creating Org.	United States Coast Guard.
Control Number	NWDNS-26-G-4669

Image	(larger image - 291495 bytes)
Title	"DECEMBER 7th - REMEMBER!!"
Date	1943
Creating Org.	Office of War Information. News Bureau.
Control Number	NWDNS-208-COM-43

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Title	"REMEMBER Pearl Harbor - WORK - FIGHT- SACRIFICE!!" / "WE'LL REMEMBER - AND BY GOD, YOU WONT FORGET!!"
Date	1943
Creating Org.	Office of War Information. News Bureau.
Control Number	NWDNS-208-COM-132

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Title	Franklin D. Roosevelt, General MacArthur, and Admiral Nimitz in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Date	07/26/1944
Creating Indiv.	Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Control Number	NLR-PHOCO-A-66103(46)

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Title	Eleanor Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor
Date	09/21/1943
Creating Indiv.	Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Control Number	NLR-PHOCO-A-51115169(80)

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Title	Eleanor Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor
Date	09/22/1943
Creating Indiv.	Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Control Number	NLR-PHOCO-A-51115169(177)

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Title	"I Want my Daddy Back." Buy Bonds "Remember Pearl Harbor!"
Date	1941-1945
Creating Org.	Office of Government Reports. United States Information Service. Division of Public Inquiry. Bureau of Special Services, OWI.
Control Number	NWDNS-44-PA-1040

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Title	REMEMBER Pearl Harbor. BUY WAR BONDS
Date	1941-1945
Creating Org.	Office of Government Reports. United States Information Service. Division of Public Inquiry. Bureau of Special Services, OWI.
Control Number	NWDNS-44-PA-1627

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Title	REMEMBER Pearl Harbor. ENLIST NOW. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD.
Date	1941-1945
Creating Org.	Office of Government Reports. United States Information Service. Division of Public Inquiry. Bureau of Special Services, OWI.
Control Number	NWDNS-44-PA-1628

Image	(larger image - 166938 bytes)
Title	REMEMBER Pearl Harbor
Date	1941-1945
Creating Org.	Office of Government Reports. United States Information Service. Division of Public Inquiry. Bureau of Special Services, OWI.
Control Number	NWDNS-44-PA-1629

Image	(larger image - 180003 bytes)
Title	REMEMBER Pearl Harbor DAY
Date	1941-1945
Creating Org.	Office of Government Reports. United States Information Service. Division of Public Inquiry. Bureau of Special Services, OWI.
Control Number	NWDNS-44-PA-1630

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Title	REMEMBER Pearl Harbor. TIME FOR ACTION
Date	1941-1945
Creating Org.	Office of Government Reports. United States Information Service. Division of Public Inquiry. Bureau of Special Services, OWI.
Control Number	NWDNS-44-PA-1631

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Title	THANKS BUDDY! NEWSPAPER BOYS HAVE SOLD OVER 1 1/4 BILLION WAR SAVINGS STAMPS SINCE Pearl Harbor.
Date	1941-1945
Creating Org.	Office of Government Reports. United States Information Service. Division of Public Inquiry. Bureau of Special Services, OWI.
Control Number	NWDNS-44-PA-1853

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Title	THE NAVY NEEDS SHIPS TO AVENGE Pearl Harbor
Date	1941-1945
Creating Org.	Office of Government Reports. United States Information Service. Division of Public Inquiry. Bureau of Special Services, OWI.
Control Number	NWDNS-44-PA-1945

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Title	Steel Answers Pearl Harbor
Date	ca.1942-ca.1943
Creating Org.	War Production Board.