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The forward magazines explode on the USS Arizona after it was struck by a Japanese armor-piercing bomb during the air attack in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. The mainmast of USS Oklahoma, far right, leans sharply as the ship capsizes after being attacked.

The forward magazines explode on the USS Arizona after it was struck by a Japanese armor-piercing bomb during the air attack in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. The mainmast of USS Oklahoma, far right, leans sharply as the ship capsizes after being attacked.

The forward magazines explode on the USS Arizona after it was struck by a Japanese armor-piercing bomb during the air attack in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. The mainmast of USS Oklahoma, far right, leans sharply as the ship capsizes after being attacked.

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