Today (68 years ago), December 7, 1941 naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and began World War II in the Pacific.
About the photo: This photo, taken in 2009, shows strafe marks still remaining on the concrete at Ford Island (in the middle of Pearl Harbor) left by bullets from a Japanese fighter aircraft's machine gun - 68 years ago!
Here are some important sites that will fill in some of the details of the attack that shocked the nation and drove the American people to war in the Pacific.
Eyewitness to History: The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Naval History and Heritage Command - photos of the attack
National Park Service: Valor in the Pacific
National Geographic Society: Remembering Pearl Harbor
PearlHarbor.com
Pearl Harbor sailors from USS Oklahoma discovered after 67 years
Official U.S. Navy government website: Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
68th Commemoration of the Attack on Pearl Harbor (U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor, HI)
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