Ford Island is seen in this aerial view during the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. The photo was taken from a Japanese plane. (Photo by Getty Images)
USS Arizona During Pearl Harbor
The USS Arizona burns during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy/Newsmakers)
The Attack On Pearl Harbor
The horror of destruction at the US Naval Base of Pearl Harbor which was attacked without warning by the Japanese airforce on the December 7, 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
The Attack On Pearl Harbor
A small boat rescues sailors from the USS 'West Virginia' after she had suffered a hit in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Tennessee (BB-43) is inboard of the sunken battleship. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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The USS Arizona burning furiously in Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack. To the left of her are USS Tennessee and the sunken USS West Virginia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The American destroyer USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor), home of the American Pacific Fleet during World War II. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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An explosion at the Naval Air Station, Ford Island, Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor) during the Japanese attack. Sailors stand amid wrecked watching as the USS Shaw explodes in the center background. The USS Nevada is also visible in the middle background, with her bow headed toward the left. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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December 1941: The horror of destruction at the US Naval Base of Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor) which was attacked by the Japanese airforce on the 7th December 1941. The destroyer 'Shaw' is a tangled mess of wreckage but she was back in use one year later. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
The Attack On Pearl Harbor
The horror of destruction at the US Naval Base of Pearl Harbor which without warning was attacked by the Japanese airforce on the 7th December 1941. The attack caused the USA to join the war. Seen here is the wreckage of a Japanese fighter bomber brought down during the attack. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
The Attack On Pearl Harbor: War Bulletin
The newspaper tells of bombing in downtown Honolulu an hour and a half after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese airforce. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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7th December 1941: Japanese pilots stride towards their bombers on the deck of a Japanese aircraft carrier. Their destination? Pearl Harbor. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Posters play an important role in reflecting social and political views. This one calls upon Americans to be patriotic following the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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The jumbled mass of wreckage in front of the battleship USS Pennsylvania constitutes the remains of the destroyers USS Downes and USS Cassin, bombed by the Japanese during the raid on Pearl Harbor. The ships were in drydock. The torpedo-damaged cruiser USS Helena is in the right distance, beyond the crane. Visible in the centre distance is the capsized USS Oklahoma with USS Maryland alongside. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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A general view of Pearl Harbor after it had been attacked by the Japanese. Smoke pours from USS Shaw (right centre) whilst the minelayer USS Oglana lies capsized in the foreground. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
USS California
The USS California on fire in Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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Dan Pires the caretaker at Punahou School, Honolulu examines a chunk taken out of a window sill by anti-aircraft shrapnel after the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Photo by John Titchen/Three Lions/Getty Images)
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A general view of Pearl , which was bombed by Japanese forces on 7th December 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Wreckage of a US Navy amphibian plane being photographed. It was destroyed during the nearby Pearl Harbor attack. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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The front page of the 'New York World Telegram', with the headline, '1500 dead in Hawaii', referring to the Japanese air attack at Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)
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The USS Shaw exploding during the Japanese attack on the US Pacific fleet at their base in Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Hickam Field aircraft hangar at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, destroyed by Japanese bombs during World War II. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)
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A picture taken from a Japanese bomber showing another Japanese plane and plumes of black smoke on the ground during the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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The results of the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese at Wheeler Field Barracks with artillery being pulled from the water. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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Shortly after the Japanese attack in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, young men line up to volunteer at a Navy Recruiting station, Boston, Massachusetts, December 8, 1941. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The American light cruiser USS Phoenix passing the burning USS West Virginia and USS Arizona, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7TH December 1941. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
'Remember Dec. 7th!' Poster
Poster features a painting (by Allen Saalberg) of a torn and ragged American flag as black smoke billows behind it, accompanied by the text '...we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain...' and 'Remeber Dec. 7th!' 1942. The quote is an excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and references the Japanses attack on Pearl Harbor the preceeding year. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Poster produced by the Bethlehem Steel Company entitled 'The Navy Needs To Avenge Pearl Harbor; Let's Go' features an image of a battleship as it fires its guns, early 1940s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The US Pacific Fleet burns in its home base at Pearl Harbor after 360 Japanese warplanes made a massive surprise attack, 07 December 1941. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)
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Aerial view showing the US Pacific Fleet consumed by the flames in its home base at Pearl Harbor in after 360 Japanese warplanes made a massive surprise attack, 07 December 1941. (Photo credit STF/AFP/Getty Images)
