Object Details
- Author
- United States Dept. of the Navy
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War Two. The day following the attack, December 8, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his "Day of Infamy" speech, and the United States entered World War II. The attack left over 3,500 Americans were killed or wounded, and 350 aircraft destroyed or damaged.
- Summary
- View of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Smoke can be seen coming off of the ships in the harbor.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-112, Box 9, Folder: Photographs: Japanese Operations/Pearl Harbor
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- December 7, 1941
- Standard number
- SIA2013-00600 or USN 32792
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Hawaii
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
- Pacific Ocean
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- World War, 1939-1945
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
- Ships
- Naval battles
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13655
