Photographed in May 1942, enlisted men of the Naval Air Station at Kaneohe, Hawaii, place leis on the graves of their comrades killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor.⁠ The military strike by Imperial Japan on US territory had taken place on 7 December 1941. Cited by then President Franklin D. Roosevelt as "a date which will live in infamy", the attack had come without an official declaration of war.⁠ A neutral country since the outbreak of conflict in 1939, the US entered into WWII the following day.⁠ Follow our bio link for stills and footage from gettyarchive. Warning: includes graphic content.⁠ 📷: Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images I #GettyImages #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠ ⁠ #galeriebilderwelt #pearlharbor #WWIIhistory #WWIIincolor #1940s #WWIIphoto #warphotography #conflictphotography #kaneohe #hawaiianhistory #UShistory #militaryhistory #historyphotographed #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #OTD #remembrance⁠ ⁠