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 Dec. 7th, 1941
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:
US Army: 218 KIA, 364 WIA.
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.
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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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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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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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USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised
and repaired.
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USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged
but later repaired.
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USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but
later repaired.
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USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later
raised and repaired.
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188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92
U..S. Army Air Corps.)
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