Pearl Harbor
STORED IN AN OLD BROWNIE CAMERA
Thought you might find these photos very interesting; what quality from 1941.
Pearl Harbor photos found in an old Brownie stored in a foot locker.
THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM A SAILOR WHO WAS ON THE USS QUAPAW ATF- 11O
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.)
In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft
carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the
attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230
miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack.
Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo
bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam,
Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167
aircraft, which again struck at the same targets.
At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo
bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43
Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next hour, the second wave
arrived and continued the attack.
When it was over, the U.S. losses were:
Casualties
USA : 218 KIA, 364 WIA.
USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.
USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.
TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
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