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Japanese professor creates online archive documenting Pearl Harbor attack

A screen shot from a website developed by a Japanese professor lets users browse through archived photos and comments from witnesses of the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. | TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

By Reiji Yoshida
Staff Writer

Dec 7, 2016

On Dec. 7, 1941, Peter Willett was feeding his rabbits in the backyard of his house at Ford Island, which sits in the middle of Hawaii's Pearl Harbor.

He noticed planes heading toward the island. He thought they were U.S. military aircraft, but one of them flew so low over his head that he could see the Japanese emblem.

Then a second plane started shooting its machine gun, marking the beginning of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack and the Pacific War.

Japanese professor creates online archive documenting Pearl Harbor attack

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