Remembering Pearl Harbor
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the first bombs fell on Pearl Harbor just before 8 o’clock. In the first wave of the attack, 183 planes swarmed the unsuspecting base, home of the US Pacific Fleet. At 8:10, a 1,700lb armor-piercing bomb penetrated the deck of the USS Arizona, detonating the forward ammunition magazine. The mighty battleship sank into the mud, taking over 1,000 sailors with her.