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K-33019 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
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Title: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Caption: Pastel and charcoal by Lieutenant Commander Griffith Baily Coale, USNR, a Navy combat artist. He sketched this scene during the attack and completed the work six months later. It depicts the height of the attacks as USS NEVADA (BB-36) steams out of the Ford Island Channel, at left, under heavy attack by Japanese planes. Battleship row burns in the right background while USS OGLALA (CM-4) capsizes in the foreground.
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Catalog #: K-33019
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Artist, Lieutenant Commander Griffith Baily Coale, USNR
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: Pastel and Charcoal Drawing, BW Photo
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