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Fighter ace Besby F. Holmes is interviewed about his military service with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He describes his experiences as a fighter pilot and his time with the 47th Pursuit Squadron while stationed in Hawaii in…

Newsreel footage of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, produced as part of "The News Parade" series by Castle Films, circa December 1941. The segment, titled "Japs Bomb U.S.A.!," uses title cards and brief clips to describe events prior to,…

Photograph of Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. A large plume of smoke from the USS Arizona is visible behind the hangars.

Photograph of the front portion of a Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress aircraft that was destroyed during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hickam Field, December 7, 1941. The aircraft was attacked by Japanese forces while attempting to land. Bullets hit magnesium…

Photograph of members of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, setting up camp outside Hickam Field after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Vance H. Spears is on the right.Typed caption taped to verso:…

Photograph of the front portion of a Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress aircraft that was destroyed during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hickam Field, December 7, 1941. The aircraft was attacked by Japanese forces while attempting to land. Bullets hit magnesium…

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Donald Raleigh and interviewer Steve Little, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, July 8, 2019.

Oblique aerial photograph of two Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi D3A Val aircraft in flight above a column of smoke rising from a crash site, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Inscription: "(12-7-1941 - 8:30A) - A.C. photo by Sgt. Lee…

Photograph of a bullet hole in the vertical stabilizer of a United States Army Air Corps Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft, Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Inscription: "(12-7-41 - 8:30A) - A.C. photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."

Photograph of a bullet hole in the vertical stabilizer of a United States Army Air Corps Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft, Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941.