Photos Taken in Pacific Ocean | World War II Database

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Major General Roy Geiger, Colonel Merwin Silverthorn, and Brigadier General Pedro del Valle studying Guam terrain aboard USS Appalachian, mid-1944	Sailors of carrier Zuikaku winching up the anchor on the quarter-deck after leaving Hitokappu Bay, Itrup, Kurile Islands, 26 Nov 1941; she was en route to attack Pearl Harbor

A6M2 Zero fighter aboard carrier Akagi prior or during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 1941	Kaga in heavy seas en route to Pearl Harbor, circa early Dec 1941; carrier Zuikaku in background

Japanese carrier pilots receiving instructions before attacking Pearl Harbor, Dec 1941	Lieutenant Ichiro Kitajima briefing his bomber crews on the Pearl Harbor attack aboard carrier Kaga, 6 Dec 1941

A Zero fighter took off from Akagi for the attack on Pearl Harbor in the US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941	A6m and D3A aircraft prepared to launch from Shokaku to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 3

Aircraft prepared to launch from Shokaku to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 3	Aircraft prepared to launch from Shokaku to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 3 of 3

B5N torpedo bomber taking off from Shokaku to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941	B5N torpedo bomber took off from Shokaku to attack Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941

B5N2 torpedo bomber taking off from carrier Zuikaku to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 0720 hours on 7 Dec 1941	Commanding officer of the carrier Shokaku, Takatsugu Jōjima, watched as aircraft took off to attack Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941

D3A dive bomber taking off from carrier Akagi to join the second wave of Pearl Harbor attackers, 7 Dec 1941	D3A1 dive bombers preparing to take off from Akagi to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; carrier Soryu in background

HMS Prince of Wales under attack off Kuantan, Malaya, 10 Dec 1941	Cruiser Exeter under air attack by B5N aircraft in the Gaspar Strait, 15 Feb 1942; note bombs falling astern of the cruiser

HMS Exeter firing on Japanese aircraft, Gaspar Strait, 15 Feb 1942; photograph taken from HMAS Hobart	HMS Exeter under attack by B5N aircraft during the Gasper Strait sortie, 15 Feb 1942