| Caption | The battleship USS Arizona on fire and sitting on the bottom of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii but with her flag still flying from the flagstaff, 7 Dec 1941. ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-32591 | ||||||||||||
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| Photo Size | 2,810 x 2,287 pixels | ||||||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 7 Dec 1941 | ||||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!"George Patton, 31 May 1944
7 Sep 2016 10:45:12 AM
This flag was lost to history. When the flag was finally struck from the flagstaff, it had holes in it from either gunfire or shrapnel or both, it was scorched around the edges, and it was stained with oil. Because of this, a junior officer did exactly what Navy regulations called for and submitted the flag for destruction while requisitioning a new one. Had this flag survived, perhaps it and not Commodore Perry’s flag would have been brought to Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremonies in 1945.