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Pearl Harbor from above, May 1940.

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Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, Nov. 1941. "Battleship Row" is seen at the top of the image.

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The Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga in the Pacific, prior to the attacks.

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A Japanese officer watches planes take off en route to bomb Pearl Harbor.

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Japanese planes prepare to depart to attack Pearl Harbor.

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A survivor from the U.S.S. West Virginia is rescued.

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The U.S.S. Maryland sits in front of the capsized U.S.S. Oklahoma.

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The U.S.S. Arizona's forward magazine explodes.

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The U.S.S. Arizona burns after being hit by Japanese planes.

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The U.S.S. Shaw explodes after it was attacked by Japanese pilots at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the attacks on the American Pacific Fleet, which brought the United States into World War II.

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A destroyed B-17 at Hickham Field.

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Wreckage of Army planes at Wheeler Field, following the Japanese attack.

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The view from a Japanese plane.

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A southeast view of the attack, from a Japanese plane.

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Japanese planes attack from the east.

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Marines take up position at Ewa Marine Corps Air Station.

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A poster from 1942 reminded Americans why they were fighting the war.