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Draft number 1 of Franklin Roosevelt's 'Day of Infamy Speech', page 2 of 3	Draft number 1 of Franklin Roosevelt's 'Day of Infamy Speech', page 3 of 3

Emperor Showa, Empress Kojun, and their children, Japan, 7 Dec 1941	First Lieutenant Karl T. Barthelmess' US Army B-17E at Hickam Air Field, after landing safely during the Japanese air raid, 7 Dec 1941; note smoke rising from Pearl Harbor in background

Floating Drydock YFD-2 with destroyer USS Shaw and heavy smoke following the explosion in Shaw’s forward magazine, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941. The burning bow of USS Nevada is at right.	Floating Drydock YFD-2 with destroyer USS Shaw in flames following the explosion in Shaw’s forward magazine, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 1941.

Graphic depiction of torpedo hits and the capsizing of the USS Oklahoma during the Pearl Harbor attack, Dec 7, 1941.	Gun crew at Ford Island's southern tip during the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 Dec 1941; note .30 caliber machine gun, PBY and SOC aircraft, and battleship Nevada

Hangar 2 at Naval Air Station Kaneohe burning, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941	Hangar No. 11 of Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in ruins after Japanese attack, 7 Dec 1941; note tail of a B-18 bomber at right edge of photograph

Japanese A6M2 Zero fighter flying above a shot-down US fighter, near Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; photo taken by a B-17 bomber crew	Japanese aerial photo of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during the attack on 7 Dec 1941. Note torpedo plumes rising from the battleships West Virginia and Oklahoma and smoke rising from the Ford Island seaplane base at right.

Japanese aerial photograph of the overturned USS Utah, sunk by torpedoes in the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Cruisers Detroit and Raleigh can be seen at left and USS Tangier at right.	Japanese aircraft attacking Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941

Japanese B5N aircraft in flight over Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941	Japanese D3A dive bomber in flight over Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Note dive brakes.

Japanese pilot view of US battleships and Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941	Killed US Navy sailor, Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941

Men attempting to save a burning PBY Catalina aircraft, Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941	Men working on capsized USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; note superstructure of USS Maryland in background