48K views · 1K reactions |  #OTD in 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor. More than 2,000 Americans died that day, and it was the attack that forced the US to declare war on Japan. That day, an NBC radio affiliate in Honolulu made an urgent phone call to New York. In it, the reporter begins to describe what the world would later know as the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Lost Tapes 101: Pearl Harbor | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook

The attack on Pearl Harbor shocked the world 75 years ago today. In their own words, survivors recount the day that lives in infamy. | azcentral