Pearl Harbor Day
Posted: December 7, 2016 Filed under: islands, WW2 Leave a comment
“USS SHAW exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor.” December 7, 1941. 80-G-16871. From the National Archives
This fact is so crazy:
There were 38 sets of brothers on the USS Arizona; 23 sets were lost.
found here.
Rusted parts of the Niihau Zero as displayed at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor
How about this story, introduced to me by reader Bobby M.? A Japanese plane crash landed on the remote Hawaiian island of Ni’ihau after the attack. It was so isolated that the island’s residents didn’t realize what had happened. When they did though, that was the end of the pilot.
Aerial view of Niihau Island in Hawaii, looking southwestward from the north. Taken by Christopher P. Becker (polihale.com) on 25 Sep 2007 from a helicopter. From Wiki
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