
A rescue boat retrieves a seaman from the burning USS West Virginia after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Smoke and flames rise from the USS Shaw.

Crewmen of a Japanese aircraft carrier prepare fighter planes before the raid on Pearl Harbor.

This is believed to be an image of the first bomb on Pearl Harbor; it shows a Japanese plane pulling out of a dive near the explosion.

An aerial view of the harbor shows the destruction of the USS California, the USS Maryland, the USS Oklahoma, the USS Tennessee, the USS West Virginia and the USS Arizona.

Airmen at Hickam Field watch as bombs explode. The Hickam Field airbase was heavily targeted during the attack, and Japanese bombers sought to prevent counter-attacks from US forces by disabling American planes on the ground.

Smoke envelops the USS Arizona before it sank.

A US Army aircraft lands at Hickam Field on December 7. The base sustained heavy losses during the attack.

A fire spreads through the Army barracks at Hickam Field.

Oil burns on the ocean's surface near the Naval Air Station.

Smoke from burning oil billows over Hickam Field.

A Japanese plane plummets in flames after it was hit by US anti-aircraft.