 NATIONAL ARCHIVE AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
|  | The Attack on Pearl Harbor In less than three hours, Japanese planes crippled the U.S. Pacific fleet. Images from the raid and the aftermath
At 7:56 A.M. the USS Arizona was rocked by two explosions. "The bridge shielded us from the flames," Pfc. James Cory said. "I think that at this moment I wanted to flee, but this was impossible. You're on station, you're in combat." |  |