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Day of Infamy 1941-2001
September 11, 2001



Day of Infamy 1941-2001

War Begins
First Reactions
Second Wave
Striking Back
Smaller Ships
News Spreads
Looking Back


War Begins
1.01 "Pearl Harbor at 0755 Sunday 7 December 1941"
1.02 "Pearl Harbor Anchorage 7:55 A.M. Dec. 7, 1941"
1.03 "Rescuing survivor near USS West Virginia " (BB-48)
1.04 "Deployment of attacking Japanese aircraft"
1.05 [Serviceman watching the cruiser USS Louisville ]
1.06 Charles P. Trumbull ( USS Louisville )
1.07 Biographical Sketch of Charles P. Trumbull ( USS Louisville )
1.08 [Lt. Charles Trumbull and friends]
1.09 [View of USS Preble ] (DD-345)
1.10 Historical Sketch of USS Preble (DD-345)
1.11 David H. Jackson Interview ( USS Preble )
1.12 David H. Jackson ( USS Preble )
1.13 Biographical Sketch of David H. Jackson ( USS Preble )
1.14 "The Lucky Bag of the Class of 1941"
1.15 Historical Sketch of USS Breese (DD-122 & DM-18)
1.15a View of USS Breese (DD-122 & DM-18)
1.16 [Report on Japanese air raid]
1.17 Historical Sketch of USS Zane (DD-337)
1.18 [The USS Zane off San Francisco] (DD-337)
1.19 [Aerial view of attack on Battleship Row]
1.20 "Pearl Harbor [Before the Attack]"
1.21 Biographical Sketch of Victor Delano ( USS West Virginia )
1.22 Victor Delano ( USS West Virginia )
1.23 Biographical Sketch of Archie Parmelle Kelley ( USS West Virginia )
1.24 Archie Parmelle Kelley ( USS West Virginia )
1.25 Historical Sketch of USS West Virginia (BB-48)
1.25a [View of USS West Virginia ] (BB-48)
1.26 [Chart of USS Zane's sortie] (DD-337)
1.27 [Reports of officers on USS Zane ] (DD-337)
1.28 [Friend of David M. Armstrong to Armstrong's father]
1.29 David Martin Armstrong ( USS Zane )
1.30 Biographical Sketch of David M. Armstrong ( USS Zane )
1.31 "Pearl Harbor! An Eyewitness Account"
1.32 Joseph C. Spitler Interview ( USS Oklahoma )
1.33 Joseph C. Spitler ( USS Oklahoma )
1.34 [Battleship USS Oklahoma ] (BB-37)
1.35 [Sunken USS Oklahoma ] (BB-37)
1.36 Historical Sketch of USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
1.37 Biographical Sketch of Richard M. Wright ( USS Tennessee )
1.38 Richard M. Wright ( USS Tennessee )
1.39 " USS Tennessee & sunken USS West Virginia "
1.40 Historical Sketch of USS Tennessee (BB-43)

First Reactions
2.01 Biographical Sketch of John R. Beardall, Jr. ( USS Raleigh )
2.02 John R. Beardall, Jr. ( USS Raleigh )
2.03 John R. Beardall, Jr. Interview ( USS Raleigh )
2.04 " USS Raleigh after she was torpedoed" (CL-7)
2.05 Historical Sketch of USS Raleigh (CL-7)
2.06 " USS Helena off the Mare Island Navy Yard" (CL-50)
2.07 Historical Sketch of USS Helena (CL-50)
2.08 William W. Jones ( USS Helena )
2.09 Biographical Sketch of William W. Jones ( USS Helena )
2.10 William W. Jones Interview ( USS Helena )
2.11 Earl A. Luehman ( USS Helena )
2.12 Earl A. Luehman Interview ( USS Helena )
2.13 John L. Landreth ( USS Nevada )
2.14 Biographical Sketch of John L. Landreth ( USS Nevada )
2.15 Biographical Sketch of Charles J. Merdinger ( USS Nevada )
2.16 Charles J. Merdinger ( USS Nevada )
2.17 Joseph K. Taussig, Jr. ( USS Nevada )
2.18 Biographical Sketch of Joseph K. Taussig, Jr. ( USS Nevada )
2.19 John L. Landreth Interview ( USS Nevada )
2.20 " USS Nevada beached at Pearl Harbor" (BB-36)
2.21 Historical Sketch of USS Nevada (BB-36)
2.22 Charles J. Merdinger Interview ( USS Nevada )
2.23 Historical Sketch of USS California (BB-44)
2.24 [Aerial view of attack by a Japanese pilot]
2.25 "Pearl Harbor Banner"
2.26 [ USS California passing under the Golden Gate Bridge] (BB-44)
2.27 Alvin A. Fahrner ( USS California )
2.28 Biographical Sketch of Alvin A. Fahrner ( USS California )
2.29 [ USS California , port side view] (BB-44)

Second Wave
3.01 Lt. Lloyd O. Johnson ( USS Whitney )
3.02 Biographical Sketch of Lt. Lloyd O. Johnson ( USS Whitney )
3.03 Historical Sketch of USS Whitney (AD-4)
3.04 [Destroyer tender USS Whitney leaving port] (AD-4)
3.05 Oscar David MacMillan Interview ( USS Hull )
3.06 [Sketches showing the path of Japanese attackers]
3.07 Oscar David MacMillan ( USS Hull )
3.08 Biographical Sketch of Oscar David MacMillan ( USS Hull )
3.09 Biographical Sketch of Francesco Costagliola ( USS Phoenix )
3.10 Francesco Costagliola ( USS Phoenix )
3.11 Frank Costagliola Interview ( USS Phoenix )
3.12 [To parents of James H. Brown]
3.13 [Claim form submitted by James H. Brown] ( USS Shaw )
3.14 James H. Brown ( USS Shaw )
3.15 Biographical Sketch of James H. Brown ( USS Shaw )
3.16 Biographical Sketch of Walter L. Seedlock ( USS Shaw )
3.17 Walter L. Seedlock ( USS Shaw )
3.18 [ USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack] (DD-373)
3.19 Historical Sketch of USS Shaw (DD-375)
3.20 Leon Grabowsky Interview ( USS Arizona )
3.21 [ USS Arizona burning] (BB-39)
3.22 Historical Sketch of USS Arizona (BB-39)
3.23 Leon Grabowsky ( USS Arizona )
3.24 Biographical Sketch of Leon Grabowsky ( USS Arizona )
3.25 [Painting of the destroyer USS Hull ] (DD-350)

Striking Back
4.01 [View of USS Pennsylvania ] (BB-38)
4.02 [Scene of a heavy cruiser at sea]
4.03 [Repair ship USS Medusa ] (AR-1)
4.04 Biographical Sketch of Henry Champ ( USS Medusa )
4.04a [Henry Champ on the USS Medusa ]
4.05 Historical Sketch of USS Medusa (AR-1)
4.06 "Destroyer USS Monaghan "
4.07 [Description of USS Monaghan sinking a submarine]
4.08 Historical Sketch of USS Monaghan (DD-354)
4.09 [Telegram to USS Monaghan ] (DD-354)
4.10 [John W. Gilpin's calculation of when USS Monaghan was put to sea]
4.11 Biographical Sketch of John W. Gilpin ( USS Monaghan )
4.12 John Wallace Gilpin ( USS Monaghan )
4.13 [Reproduction of 2nd Extra Edition]
4.14 [Japanese torpedo plane takes off from Shokaku]
4.15 " USS Maryland and capsized USS Oklahoma "
4.16 [Portrait of John W. Gilpin] ( USS Monaghan )
4.17 " USS Arizona's forward magazines explode" (BB-39)
4.18 [ USS Arizona sinking] (BB-39)
4.19 [Battleship USS Utah capsizing] (AG-16)

Smaller Ships
5.01 Biographical Sketch of Richard L. Stewart ( USS Downes )
5.02 Richard L. Stewart ( USS Downes )
5.02a Richard L. Stewart Interview ( USS Downes )
5.03 "Wrecks of USS Downes & USS Cassin "
5.04 Historical Sketch of USS Downes (DD-375)
5.04a USS Downes off the Norfolk Navy Yard (DD-375)
5.05 "Deployment of attacking Japanese aircraft"
5.06 "Righting USS Oklahoma , at Pearl Harbor" (BB-37)
5.07 [Hickam Field during the attack]
5.08 Louis P. Davis, Jr., Diary ( USS Reid )
5.09 Louis Poisson Davis, Jr. ( USS Reid )
5.10 Biographical Sketch of Louis Poisson Davis, Jr. ( USS Reid )
5.11 Historical Sketch of USS Reid (DD-369)
5.12 "View of USS Reid " (DD-369)
5.13 Thomas C. Buell ( USS Helm )
5.14 Biographical Sketch of Thomas C. Buell ( USS Helm )
5.15 "Helm's Jap at Pearl"
5.16 "View of USS Helm " (DD-388)
5.17 Historical Sketch of USS Helm (DD-388)
5.18 David L. Martineau ( USS Phelps )
5.19 Biographical Sketch of David L. Martineau ( USS Phelps )
5.20 [View of USS Phelps ] (DD-360)
5.21 Historical Sketch of USS Phelps (DD-360)
5.22 "View of USS Case " (DD-370)
5.23 Historical Sketch of USS Case (DD-370)
5.24 Biographical Sketch of August W. Elliott, Jr. ( USS Case )
5.25 August W. Elliott, Jr. ( USS Case )
5.26 August W. Elliott, Jr. Interview ( USS Case )
5.27 Robert Hailey, Diary ( USS Indianapolis )
5.28 Robert Hailey ( USS Indianapolis )
5.29 Biographical Sketch of Robert Hailey ( USS Indianapolis )
5.30 " USS Indianapolis , view forward" (CA-35)
5.31 Historical Sketch of USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
5.32 "View of USS Louisville " (CA-28)
5.33 Josiah B. Henneberger, Diary ( USS Louisville )
5.34 Historical Sketch of USS Louisville (CA-28)
5.35 Josiah B. Henneberger ( USS Louisville )
5.36 Biographical Sketch of Josiah B. Henneberger, Jr. ( USS Louisville )

News Spreads
6.01 Historical Sketch of USS Maury (DD-401)
6.02 [View of USS Maury ] (DD-401)
6.03 Biographical Sketch of Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr. ( USS Maury )
6.04 Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr. ( USS Maury )
6.05 [Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise ] (CV-6)
6.06 Historical Sketch of USS Enterprise (CV-6)
6.07 Benjamin C. Byrnside, Jr. ( USS Enterprise )
6.08 Biographical Sketch of Benjamin C. Byrnside, Jr. ( USS Enterprise )
6.09 Benjamin C. Byrnside, Jr. Interview ( USS Enterprise )
6.10 Charles P. Trumbull, Diary ( USS Louisville )
6.11 [Jules James on the British Island of Bermuda]
6.12 "Air raid on Pearl Harbor X This is Not Drill."
6.13 "Hostilities with Japan Commenced. . . ."
6.14 "The enemy has struck a savage blow. . . ."
6.15 John W. Newsom ( USS Hopkins )
6.16 Biographical Sketch of John W. Newsom ( USS Hopkins )
6.17 [Telegram sent by Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox]
6.18 "Execute WLP Forty Six Against Japan"
6.19 [Letter from John W. Newsom to Dear Folks]
6.20 "View of USS Hopkins " (DD-249)
6.21 Historical Sketch of USS Hopkins (DD-249)
6.22 John W. Newsom Interview ( USS Hopkins )
6.23 [Photo #1 of sunken Japanese midget submarine]
6.24 [Photo #2 of sunken Japanese midget submarine]
6.25 Historical Sketch of USS Flusser (DD-368)
6.26 "View of USS Flusser " (DD-368)
6.27 Biographical Sketch of Burns W. Spore ( USS Flusser )
6.28 Burns W. Spore ( USS Flusser )

Looking Back
7.01 "The U. S. Fleet Goes Into Action: First War Pictures in the Pacific"
7.02 "Rescuing survivor near USS West Virginia " (BB-48)
7.03 [Submarine memorial at Pearl Harbor]
7.04 [ USS Arizona memorial]
7.05 "Pictures Keep Up Morale"
7.06 "Remember Pearl Harbor" [Back cover]
7.07 [ USS California damaged during attack] (BB-44)
7.08 " USS Phoenix steams past Battleship Row" (CL-46)
7.09 [Men working on capsized USS Oklahoma ] (BB-37)


September 11, 2001

Essays
[Essay by Perry]
[Essay by Kearney]
[Essay by Owen]
[Essay by Lail]
[Essay by Potter]
[Essay by Ramsey]
[Essay by Robertson-West]
[Essay by Gooch]
[Essay by Taylor]
[Essay by Cuddington]
[Essay by Boyd]
[Essay by Kroger]
[Essay by Day]
[Essay by Jay]
[Essay by Koen]
[Essay by Russell]
[Essay by Price-Rose]
[Essay by Angel]
[Essay by Hayes, Jr.]
[Description of the assignment given to class]

Images
[Opening of "Day of Infamy 2001 Exhibit"]
Terror Timeline: Events of September 11, 2001
[Flight 175 about to strike South Tower]
[Trapped by the flames, a man jumps from the World Trade Center]
[Tower 2 Collapses, Photo 1]
The Tragic Toll
[The Pentagon shortly after the attack]
[Close-up view of the collapsed Pentagon section]
[Emergency workers helping victims while Pentagon Burns]
[Workers gather around destroyed section of the Pentagon]
[Ariel view of Pentagon crash site]
[Rebulding the Pentagon]
[Pentagon construction still continues]
[Indiana limestone recovered from Pentagon]
From takeoff to takeover: Putting it all together
[Emergency workers look at crash crater]
[Somerset crash site]
[Ashley Jay at "Day of Infamy" opening]
[Display of memorial tributes from Pennsylvannia crash site]
[Tower 2 Collapses, Photo 2]


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