| Summary: | Included is set of 6 photographs of images taken from the cockpits of the Japanese warplane, Zero, of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Captions are in order of photographs : “A torpedo has just hit USS West Virginia and USS Oklahoma on the far side of Ford Island (center). Other battleships moored nearby are (from left): Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee (inboard of West Virginia), Oklahoma (torpedoed and listing) alongside Maryland, and California during the attack on Pearl Harbor”; “Wheeler Airfield was one of the hardest hit areas during the first wave of the attack “; “This image was captured by a Japanese naval aviator in the opening moments of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Torpedo tracks can be seen headed towards Battleship Row. Smoke rises in the distance from the burning aircraft and hangars at Hickam Field”; “Aerial view of Ford Island, Pearl Harbor”; “ Sailors cheer as planes take off from a carrier to attack Pearl Harbor”; “A Japanese plane flying over Pearl Harbor as black smoke rises from the area”
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