Pearl Harbor day

A day that will live in Infamy.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II
Photograph of Battleship Row taken from a Japanese plane at the beginning of the attack. The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the USS West Virginia. Two attacking Japanese planes can be seen: one over the USS Neoshoand one over the Naval Yard.
Date December 7, 1941 Location Primarily Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, U.S. Result Japanese major tactical victory U.S. declaration of war on the Empire of Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. Entrance of the United States of America into the war
Belligerents
United States of America	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Husband E. Kimmel  Walter Short	Chuichi Nagumo  Isoroku Yamamoto
Strength
8 battleships 8 cruisers 30 destroyers 4 submarines 1 USCG Cutter[nb 1] 49 other ships[1] ≈390 aircraft	Mobile Unit: 6 aircraft carriers 2 battleships 2 heavy cruisers 1 light cruiser 9 destroyers 8 tankers 23 fleet submarines 5 midget submarines 414 aircraft
Casualties and losses
2 battleships totally lost 2 battleships sunk and recovered 3 battleships damaged 1 battleship grounded 2 other ships sunk[nb 2] 3 cruisers damaged[nb 3] 3 destroyers damaged 3 other ships damaged 188 aircraft destroyed 159[3] aircraft damaged 2,403 killed 1,178 wounded[4][5]	4 midget submarines sunk 1 midget submarine grounded 29 aircraft destroyed 64 killed 1 captured[6]
Civilian casualties 68 killed[7][8] 35 wounded[4]

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The attack on Pearl Harbor^{[nb 4]} was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval baseat Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.

Called to serve; Dad was the youngest at 16. Somehow he lied about his age and got into the Navy. 

Robert A. Fowler USN 1941-1945
Johnnie W. Fowler USN 1941-1945
Ralph Weeks USMC 1942-1945