Well, hate to rain on the parade and all, but there is more to this
story. Great pictures though.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp
Everyone have a safe and happy Memorial Day!!
Brent.
On 5/23/07, Mike Carpenter <m.j.carpenter@cox.net> wrote:
> 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.
> Please click on the following URL:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/antique.auto.mike/PearlHarborTakenWithABrownieCam
> era
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