Running for his life
On the island of Okinawa, a U.S. Marine braves Japanese machine gun fire while dashing across “Death Valley” on May 10, 1945. Crossing this valley cost the...
Senator’s father
Hyatoro Inouye immigrated to the Hawaiian Territory from Japan as a child aboard the S.S. City of Peking on July 24, 1899. Hyatoro and his Hawaiian wife Kame...
Sighting
On June 22, 1945, a Marine with the 1st Marine Division aims his tommy-gun at a Japanese sniper as his companion, carrying a Browning automatic rifle, ducks for...
U.S.S. Missouri
This photograph shows the U.S.S. Missouri entering Tokyo Bay for the ceremony marking the surrender of Japan during World War II. On September 2, 1945,...
USS Nevada escapes
The Japanese air attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii began at 8:01 AM, Sunday, December 7, 1941. The Nevada, tied up with other battleships of the U.S. Pacific...
Voting for war
One day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a Joint Session of Congress, pronounced December 7 “a day of infamy,” and...