Isn't is amazing how a film could last so
long in a camera without disintegrating?
Fantastic photos taken 68 years ago. Some
of you will have to go to a museum to see
what a Brownie camera looked like?
Here is a simple picture of what we are
talking about. . .
These photos
are absolutely incredible....Read below the
first picture and at the end...
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
On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese
launched a surprise attack against the U.S.
Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
By planning this 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
struck 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 0753 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:
Casualties
US Army: 218 KIA (killed in action),
364 WIA (wounded in
action).
US Navy: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.
US MarineCorp: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.
TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
Battleships
USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb
hit her magazine.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she
capsized and sunk in the harbor.
USS California (BB-4 4) - Sunk at her berth.
Later raised and repaired.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her
berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent
sinking. Later repaired.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage.
USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.
USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used
as a target) - Sunk.
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Cruisers
USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage..
USS San Francisco (CA-38) - Light Damage.
USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage.
USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but
repaired.
USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage..
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Destroyers
USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts
salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD -3 7 2) Destroyed. Parts
salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
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Minelayer
USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and
repaired.
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Seaplane Tender
USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but
later repaired.
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Repair Ship
USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but
later repaired.
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Harbor Tug
USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised
and repaired.
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Aircraft
188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army
Air Corps.)
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ages....Elderly will remember, Young will be
Awed.
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the way it treat its animals"...M. Ghandi
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