AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL.

"In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo released by the U.S. Navy, the destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. At exactly 7:55 a.m., 70 years ago today, waves of torpedo planes, dive-bombers and fighter planes from six aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, shattering forever the peace and isolation of an unready America.

When the bombing and strafing stopped about three hours later, 2,335 U.S. servicemen were dead, 18 American warships had been sunk or badly damaged and more than 200 U.S. planes were smoldering wrecks. Most of the casualties occurred minutes into the attack when Japanese bombs caused the battleship USS Arizona to explode, killing 1,177 sailors.

By contrast, the Japanese had lost just 29 planes, a few midget submarines and fewer than 100 men. They had, however, sown the seeds of their own destruction." [Image posted by MATT MILLER, The Patriot-News December 07, 2011, 1:14 AM PennLive.com Mobile]