Carrier_shokaku.jpg

Summary

Description Carrier shokaku.jpg	Photo #: . Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier (reportedly Shokaku) to attack Pearl Harbor during the morning of 7 December 1941. Plane in the foreground is a "Zero" Fighter, in front of "Val" dive bombers. This is probably the launch of the second attack wave.
Date	7 December 1941
Source	Official U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-71198 , now in the collections of the National Archives.
Author	Unknown Unknown , the original photograph was captured on Attu in 1943.
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Copyright retained by US Government as captured enemy property.

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