Every year, we pause to remember the events that occured on December 7, 1941 and the sacrifices made by so many brave Americans that day and in the years to follow throughout World War II.
These powerful naval photographs, all courtesy of the National Archives, show and document the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated U.S. participation in World War II.
The Radar Plot of Detector Station Opana was an exhibit of the Joint Committee. The 22 x 31-inch radar plot was made by Private Joseph L. Lockard at the Opana Radar Station on the morning of December 7, 1941. It indicated a large number of aircraft approaching the island of Oahu. The control officer believed the radar signals announced the approach of American B-17s scheduled for arrival the same day, but the signals actually tracked the first wave of Japanese bombers and torpedo planes that attacked Pearl Harbor.
