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[Destroyed Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress]
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 flares, igniting a fire that led to the aircraft breaking in two.Typed caption glued to verso: "Hickam Field, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941.This is the B-17C…
[38th Reconnaissance Squadron setting up camp]
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: "#7 -- Hickam Field, Hawaii. December 7, 1941. Late afternoon on this date, some of the air crew members from the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron are…
[Aichi D3A Vals in flight above smoke near Pearl Harbor]
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 Embree."Inscription on verso: "Hickam Field, Hawaii."Typed caption glued to verso of duplicate photo: "#4--Hickam Field, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941. The same two…
[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,…
[Hickam Field during attack at Pearl Harbor]
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.Typed caption glued to verso: "#6 Hickam Field, Hawaii. December 7, 1941. Hickam Field hangers [hangars] were badly damaged by Japanese bombs and machine gun fire which left the buildings and aircraft burning. On right is a badly damaged…
[38th Reconnaissance Squadron setting up camp]
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. Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A) - A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."
[Hickam Field during attack on Pearl Harbor]
Oblique aerial photograph of a large smoke plume over Hickam Field during the attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941.
[Aichi D3A Vals in flight near Hickam Field during Pearl Harbor attack]
Photograph of two Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi D3A Val aircraft in flight near Hickam Field during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Photo was taken by Lee Embree from a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress attempted to land at the field.Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A) A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."Typed caption glued to verso: "#4—Hickam Field, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941. The same two Japanese…
[Servicemen making camp outside Hickam Field]
Photograph of servicemen of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, preparing their campsites in the jungle outside Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Photo was taken following the Pearl Harbor attack.Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A) - A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."Typed caption glued to verso: "#7---Hickam Field, Hawaii. December 7, 1941. Late afternoon on this date,…
[Lee Embree at campsite outside Hickam Field]
Photograph of Lee Embree at his campsite in the jungle outside Hickam Field, December 7, 1941. Photo was taken following the Pearl Harbor attack.Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A). A.C. photo by Sgt. Lee R. Embree."Inscription on verso: "Hickam Field. Hawaii. Dec. 1941."Typed caption glued to verso of duplicate photo: "#2---Hickam Field, Hawaii. December 7, 1941. S/Sgt. Lee R. Embree, at camp site on…