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The destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack

The destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

This picture, taken by a Japanese photographer, shows how American ships are clustered together

This picture, taken by a Japanese photographer, shows how American ships are clustered together before the surprise Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor. (AP Photo)

The battleship USS Arizona begins to sink into the sea

The battleship USS Arizona begins to sink into the sea after being hit by a bomb during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

Wreckage, identified by the U.S. Navy as a Japanese torpedo plane, was salvaged from the bottom of Pearl Harbor

Wreckage, identified by the U.S. Navy as a Japanese torpedo plane, was salvaged from the bottom of Pearl Harbor following the surprise attack Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

The shattered wreckage of American planes bombed by the Japanese

The shattered wreckage of American planes bombed by the Japanese in their attack on Pearl Harbor is strewn on Hickam Field, Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

Selling papers on Dec. 7, 1941 at Times Square in New York City, announcing that Japan has attacked U.S. bases in the Pacific

Selling papers on Dec. 7, 1941 at Times Square in New York City, announcing that Japan has attacked U.S. bases in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Robert Kradin)

A Japanese bomber on a run over Pearl Harbor

A Japanese bomber on a run over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is shown during the surprise attack of Dec. 7, 1941. Black smoke rises from American ships in the harbor. Below is a U.S. Army air field. (AP Photo)

Officers' wives, seeing smoke pall in distance on Dec. 7, 1941, heard neighbor Mary Naiden

Officers' wives, seeing smoke pall in distance on Dec. 7, 1941, heard neighbor Mary Naiden, then an Army hostess who took this picture, exclaim "There are red circles on those planes overhead. They are Japanese!" (AP Photo/Mary Naiden)

A Navy launch pulls up to the blazing USS West Virginia to rescue a sailor

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a Navy launch pulls up to the blazing USS West Virginia to rescue a sailor, Dec. 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

Troops man a machine gun nest at Wheeler Field

Troops man a machine gun nest at Wheeler Field, which adjoins Schofield Barracks in Honolulu, after the Japanese attack on the island of Oahu, Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

A mass of twisted metal wreckage lay along a Honolulu street

A mass of twisted metal wreckage lay along a Honolulu street after the city had been attacked by Japanese planes Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

The body of a Japanese Lieutenant who crashed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941 is buried

The body of a Japanese Lieutenant who crashed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941 is buried with military honors by U.S. troops. (AP Photo)

Battleship USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, December 1941

Battleship USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, December 1941. The photo was taken shortley after the battleship was bombed and destroyed during the surprise attack by Japanese forces, December 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

Some of the patrol planes of the Catalina type that were wrecked on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, some of the patrol planes of the Catalina type that were wrecked on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Japanese aerial attack of Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the declaration of war following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

In this file photo, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the declaration of war following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 1941 at 3:08 p.m. EST. (AP Photo, file)

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Photos: Remembering Pearl Harbor

Updated: Friday, 04 Dec 2009, 8:09 AM EST
Published : Friday, 04 Dec 2009, 8:09 AM EST

On Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japanese warplanes attacked the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, as well as other American and British bases in the Pacific; the preemptive raids prompted the United States to enter World War II.

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