Unearthed World War II Pictures Show A Never-Before-Seen Side of History

Ford Island

Amid wrecked planes on the Ford Island seaplane base, American soldiers stood watching as the USS Shaw met its final fate. The ship had exploded from bombs dropped by the Japanese. This is one of the many perspectives seen on the fated day of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. It occurred in the early Sunday morning at 8 A.M, waking soldiers in the worst way. 

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