| On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese forces launched a sneak attack at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Seventy-five years later, the USA TODAY Network commemorates the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor with exclusive essays, personal recollections from survivors, historical photos and virtual reality video. |
| Explore 8 hidden Pearl Habor memorials on the island of Oahu |
| For 1.6 million visitors who each year ride Navy launches out to the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor , their vision of the attack is defined by the grim sunken remains of the great battleship, the USS Arizona, that blew up in Pearl Harbor that day. But evidence of that attack extends far beyond the Arizona Memorial. There are battle scars and relics all over the island of Oahu, many where tourists can't see them or on active military bases where the public is not permitted. |
| Pearl Harbor survivors: War is hell, even 75 years later |
| Charles Hocker wanted to escape Beaver Dam, Ky. Vito Colonna was trying to help out his struggling family in Cleveland. John Gideon followed a friend into the Navy, thinking about what young men think about. "I pictured hula girls," said Hocker. And that's why they were American military men in what seemed like paradise - in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on a day, 75 years ago, that will live in infamy. |
| Survivors seek honors for sailor who saved 6 in USS Arizona attack |
| In December 1941, Joe George was a boatswain's mate second class on the maintenance ship USS Vestal. On the morning of Dec. 7, as Japanese bombers screamed into the harbor and launched the attack that would propel the U.S. into World War II, the Vestal was tied up to the battleship USS Arizona. In a few short minutes, George would save the lives of six Arizona crewmen, the last to escape the burning ship before it sank. |
| Catalysts of war: The history that led to Pearl Harbor attack |
| It was whaling, sugar and pineapples that first brought Pearl Harbor to America's attention. |
| Exclusive essay: George H.W. Bush: 75 years after Pearl Harbor, strength renewed |
| The attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago drew a staggered, reluctant America headlong into the global struggle against the Axis powers. I was still in high school walking across the campus at Andover in Massachusetts when we heard the news. |
| Tom Brokaw calls Pearl Harbor the birth place of the 'Greatest Generation' |
| American survivors I talked to 50 years later all had terrifying experiences and a common memory. They repeatedly referred to the bright-red circle against a white background on Japanese planes not as a sun but a "meatball." |
| Take a VR tour of a Pearl Harbor Japanese midget submarine |
| One of the most peculiar naval vessels employed in the battle of Pearl Harbor is the Japanese midget submarine. One such vessel, manned by Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, failed in its mission to attack and destroy American warships. What must it have been like on that narrow, suffocating submarine? |
| More coverage: |
| Dec. 7, 1941: Timeline of the Pearl Harbor attack |
| Experience a stirring VR re-enactment of the attack |
| Read and listen to President Roosevelt's 'Day of Infamy' speech |
| View amazing archival images from the Pearl Harbor attack |
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