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- IDNO:
- 052126
- Title:
- Salvaging Operations aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1942/05/05
- Description:
- The U.S.S. West Virginia looks battered and wounded while docked at the naval shipyard. The "Wee Vee" was hit by nine bombs and torpedoes by the Japanese warplanes during the December 7th attack.
- IDNO:
- 052127
- Title:
- Gaping Wound on U.S.S. West Virginia, Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii
- Date:
- ca. 1942
- Description:
- Crew members during a salvage and repair operation work port side of the battered battleship. The U.S.S. West Virginia was hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs during the December 7th attack.
- IDNO:
- 052128
- Title:
- Aerial Photograph taken from Japanese Plane during Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- The photograph was taken at the beginning of the attack. The explosion seen in the center of the photograph is a torpedo that struck the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052129
- Title:
- Burning and Damaged Ships After Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- An official U.S. Navy photograph. From left to right is the U.S.S. West Virginia, U.S.S. Tennessee, and the U.S.S. Arizona.
- IDNO:
- 052130
- Title:
- Damaged U.S.S. West Virginia after Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- Smoke rises from the sinking battleship, which was hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs.
- IDNO:
- 052131
- Title:
- Damaged Battleships following Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- Smoke billows from the U.S.S. West Virginia, which is pictured in the back and center of the photograph. The ship eventually sank.Floating on the left is the U.S.S. Maryland. On the right is a capsized U.S.S. Oklahoma.
- IDNO:
- 052132
- Title:
- Doris Miller Awarded Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1942/05/27
- Description:
- Miller was a member of the U.S.S. West Virginia as a Messman Third Class during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross--the third highest navy award for gallantry during combat--for "distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack. Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain who had been mortally wounded to a place of greater safety and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge."Miller was personally awarded the medal by Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the first African-American to be awarded the honor.
- IDNO:
- 052133
- Title:
- K. & M. Station, Gauley Bridge, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A group of men wait by a car parked beside the Kanawha & Michigan Railroad station. The station was built in 1893.
- IDNO:
- 052134
- Title:
- Justice of the Peace Office and Photo Gallery, Glen Jean, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Men and horses are gathered in front of the buildings. James L. Long, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, advertises fire, life, and accident insurance. The Photograph Gallery advertises frames and art novelties for low prices.
- IDNO:
- 052135
- Title:
- Sam Jasper at Glen Jean Supply Co. Station, Fayette County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Sam Japser, right, and his associate Ty Cobb, center, stand beside gasoline pumps.
- IDNO:
- 052136
- Title:
- Police Officer on Horse, Glen Jean, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A man in a police uniform sits on top of a horse while holding a gun.
- IDNO:
- 052137
- Title:
- Bridge at Glen Jean, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- A large machine paves the roadway of the bridge.
