Countless acts of valor went unrecorded, as many witnesses died in the attack. Fifteen U.S. Pilots took off to engage Japanese aircraft despite the overwhelming odds.
Those without weapons to fight took great risk to save wounded comrades and to save their ships. Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers fought back with extraordinary courage, often at the sacrifice of their own lives. Japanese losses amounted to fewer than 100 men and 29 planes. Casualties amounted to: killed or missing: Navy, 2,008 Marine Corps, 109 Army, 218 civilian, 68 and wounded: Navy, 710 Marine Corps, 69 Army, 364 civilian, 35. Navy, Army, and Marine Corps facilities suffered varying degrees of damage, while 188 Navy, Marine Corps, and U.S. The enemy sank five battleships and damaged three and sank a gunnery training ship and three destroyers, damaged a heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, two destroyers, two seaplane tenders, two repair ships and a destroyer tender.
Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in two waves, as well as nearby naval and military airfields and bases. "Like a thunderclap from a clear sky," Japanese carrier attack planes (in both torpedo and high-level bombing roles) and bombers, supported by fighters, numbering 353 aircraft from six aircraft carriers, attacked the U.S.
World War II came to the United States of America on Sunday morning, 7 December 1941, with a massive surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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