80 Years Ago-December 7, 1941: A Day That Will Live In Infamy – The Lid

On December 7, 1941, was a quiet Sunday morning in Hawaii. That all changed at 7:55 AM when planes and submarines from the Empire of Japan attacked the U.S. military base at  Pearl Harbor. Most of the U.S. Pacific Fleet docked at Pearl Harbor. U.S. fighter planes at the base were clustered together on their airfield—making easy targets for the Japanese warplanes.   

2,403 Americans were killed, and 1,143 were wounded. 1,177 of the dead were aboard the USS Arizona. In total, eighteen ships were sunk or run aground, including five battleships, 188 U.S.warplanes were destroyed, and 159 were damaged.