Pearl Harbor THIS IS AWESOME(Unbelievable old pics)

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68 yr. old photos stored in an old brownie camera...

THIS IS AWESOME

Subject: PHOTOS STORED IN AN OLD BROWNIE CAMERA

Fantastic photos taken 68 years ago --- sent from Ted Cowen in Arizona
Some of you will have to go to a museum to see what a Brownie camera
looked like.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

These photos are absolutely incredible....Read below the first picture and
at the end...

Pearl Harbor THIS IS AWESOMEUnbelievable old pics

Pearl Harbor THIS IS AWESOMEUnbelievable old pics

PHOTOS STORED IN AN OLD BROWNIE CAMERA

Thought you might find these photos very interesting; what quality from
1941.
Pearl Harbor photos found in an old Brownie stored in a foot locker. and
just recently
taken to be developed.

THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM A SAILOR WHO WAS ON THE USS QUAPAW
ATF-11O.

I THINK THEY'RE SPECTACULAR!

PEARL HARBOR

December 7th, 1941

Pearl Harbor THIS IS AWESOMEUnbelievable old pics

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor THIS IS AWESOMEUnbelievable old pics

On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack
against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii By planning his
attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to
catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers
and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was
returning from Wake Island , where it had just delivered some aircraft. The
USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and
USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States .)

In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers
(his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the
attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230
miles north of Oahu , he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack.
Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and
torpedo bombers which st ruck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the
airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715
hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets.

At 075 3 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate'
torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers, 50 high altitude
bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next
hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.
When it was over, the U.S. Losses were:

sunny · Initiator Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 1335 Gender:

Great post! Thanks!

Alone Guy · Fan of Fun Stuff Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 432 Gender:

Awesome.... Interesting......