Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1940s
879 photos, in date order; 121–180 on this page. Each photo's page says why it is public domain and which Commons licence category it was read from. About the collection
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Saburo Kurusu in Washington 7 Dec 1941 cropped version 2
1941-12-07
Big map of the Pacific, 1941
1941-12-11 · map
David Walker (1922-1941) portrait
1941
Inspirational message on TBD-1 Devastator at NAS Norfolk 1941
1941-12-16
The Day After A Japanese restaurant in San Francisco, California. Monday morning after the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 8, 1941.
1941 · poster
Japanese attack plan at Pearl Harbor, Japan, 1941
1941 · map
Aerial view of the Pearl Harbor submarine base and adjacent fuel tank farms on 13 October 1941 (NNAM.1996.488.029.028)
1941-10-13
The United States of America Joins the Second World War in 1941 HU56120
1941-12-08
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
c. 1941
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
1941-12-07
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
1941-12-07
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
1941-12-07
Wheeler Field
1941-12-07
GPO-CRECB-1941-pt9-9 wpver-page2
1941-12-08
B-17B Bombers at March Field, California prior to 7 December 1941
1941
SBD on USS Lexington (CV-2) 1941
1941
USS Curtiss (AV-4) and USS Medusa (AR-1) during the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December 1941 (NH 96660)
1941-12-07
Destroyed SBD Ewa 7 Dec 1941
1941-12-07
Japanese map of Pearl Harbor 1941
1941 · map
Akagi air mechanics 1941
1941
A6M2 on carrier Akagi 1941
1941-12-07
A6M2 tail at Fort Kamehameha 1941
1941-12-07
Aft view of the listing USS Raleigh (CL-7) at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 (NH 97401)
1941-12-07
Wheeler Field under attack 1941
1941-12-07
Wrecked PBY at NAS Kaneohe 1941
1941-12-07
Machine gun pit at NAS Kaneohe 1941
1941-12-07
Destroyed PBY at NAS Kaneohe 1941
1941-12-07
Sailors fighting fires at NAS Kaneohe 1941
1941-12-07
Burning PBY at NAS Kaneohe Bay 1941
1941-12-07
Aircraft wreckage at NAS Kaneohe Bay 1941
1941-12-07
Wrecked cars at NAS Kaneohe Bay 1941
1941-12-07
USS Chandler (DMS-9) underway off Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 (80-G-32544)
1941-12-07
Wrecked aircraft at Wheeler Army Airfield 1941
1941-12-07
NAS Ford Island 8 Dec 1941
1941-12-08
Hickam Field flag with burning barracks 1941
1941-12-07
Destroyed tents at Wheeler Field 1941
1941-12-07
Damaged hangar at Hickam Field Dec 1941
1941-12-07
Opana SCR-270 radar display Dec 7, 1941
1941-12-07
Japanese aircraft attacking Pearl Harbor, 1941
1941-12-07
Navy Yard Pearl Harbor 1941 HI
1941
F4F-3 3-F-9 CV-3 1941
1941-10
Ford Island Seaplane base 10 Dec 1941
1941-12-10
Burning US plane near Ewa 7 Dec 1941
1941-12-07
Pearl Harbor drydocks after attack Dec 1941
1941-12-10
Burning PBYs at NAS Kaneohe Bay 1941
1941-12-07
Burning Hangar 2 at NAS Kaneohe Bay 1941
1941-12-07
View of Pearl Harbor with burning ships 1941
1941-12-07
USS Oglala (CM-4) capsized at Pearl Harbor 1941
1941-12-07
Aichi D3A drops bomb over Pearl Harbor 1941
1941-12-07
Wrecked hangar at NAS Ford Island with OS2Us 1941
1941-12-08
USS Curtiss (AV-4) and USS Medusa (AR-1) at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 (80-G-32733)
1941-12-07
Wrecked P-40 at Wheeler Army Airfield 1941
1941-12-07
NAS Kaneohe Bay aerial after Japanese attack 1941
1941-12-09
Ships on the west side of Ford Island 1941
1941-12-07
B5N2 from Zuikaku over Pearl Harbor 1941
1941-12-07
Marines with rifles at MCAS Ewa during Japanese attack 1941
1941-12-07
P-40 damaged at Bellows Field Dec 1941
1941-12
Wrecked P-40s at Wheeler Field Dec 1941
1941-12
USS Curtiss (AV-4) burning 7 Dec 1941
1941-12-07
Damaged hangar on Ford Island in December 1941
1941-12