[Men unloading Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress during Pearl Harbor attack]

Photograph of Sergeant Vance H. Spear and Sergeant Roy H. Coulter unloading combustible materials from a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. A large plume of smoke from the USS Arizona is visible in the background.

Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A). A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."

Typed caption glued to verso: "#5—Hickam Field, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941. After landing at Hickam Field, we taxied to a dispersement area and unloaded all available combustible material in case of incendiary attack by the Japanese aircraft during strafing. Battleship Arizona is burning in the background. L to R. in photo, assistant crew chief, Sgt. Vance H. Spears and crew chief, T/Sgt. Roy H. Coulter. Photo by---S/Sgt. Lee R. Embree, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, USAAC."

Inscription on verso of duplicate photo: "Hickam Field, Hawaii."