The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Photograph. The USS S-29 (SS-134), a pre-war submarine. Personal caption: "A S boat." Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No...

Photograph. A submarine in the water. Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

Hawaiian civilians dead in bullet riddled car. Official caption: "Eight miles from the nearest military target - 3...

Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific Pearl Harbor to China 'File No: 45256 Period of Japan's Offensive' No date

Photograph. A docked mine sweeper. Personal caption: "Another mine sweep." Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

Stunned sailors view airfield on fire. Official caption: "Naval air station afire. US Navy Photo 100-4." From U.S....

Photograph. Unidentified pre-war ships. Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

Around noon on 7 December 1941, James Shoemaker, his family, and friends were still hiding in the bomb shelter [...

[Annotator's Note: There is background noise throughout this clip. The interviewer asks Jack Sinise where he was when...

John Finn was on the opposite side of the island from Pearl Harbor, at Kaneohe Bay, and he heard terrible explosions,...

Herbert Weatherwax was drafted into the military when he was 24 years old. He had a problem with alcohol while he was...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

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