The passing of Leslie Nielsen recently, brought his deadpan comedic genius to the forefront. And the trademark flashing police light during the intro to The Naked Gun movies and Police Squad shows.
Leslie Nielsen went from pretty boy in The Forbidden Planet, to pretty funny guy in The Naked Gun, Police Squad, and Airplane.
“President Franklin Roosevelt addresses a joint session of Congress asking for a declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Joint Committees of Congress. In 1945 Congress established a Joint Committee to Investigate the Pearl Harbor Attack, chaired by Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley. The investigation produced 67 volumes of testimony. This photograph is one of several submitted as an exhibit in the hearings of the Committee.”
Image courtesy of http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/treasures_of_congress/Images/page_21/67b.html.
The Japanese attack on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was the event that directly led to US involvement in the Second World War. The attack that started at 7.55 on Sunday morning December 7, 1941, led to the deaths of 2,400 Americans, with another 1,178 injured. Within two hours, five battleships had been sunk, and another 16 damaged. 188 aircraft were destroyed. But the main target – 3 US aircraft carriers – usually stationed at Pearl Harbor, but assigned elsewhere on that day, escaped damage.
“The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor is “ground zero” where World War II began for the United States. The event where Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto stated: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant…”
The USS Arizona serves as the final resting place for many of the battleship’s 1,177 crew members who lost their lives on December 7, 1941.
These photographs document the activities of the United States Navy for the time period 1900-1958. The bulk of the records document the activities of the Navy during World War II.
