On Dec. 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The raid, which claimed some 2,400 American lives, prompted the United States to declare war against Japan the next day.
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Patrol planes of the Catalina type
In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, some of the patrol planes of the Catalina type that were wrecked on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Japanese aerial attack of Dec. 7, 1941.