December 7, 1941, began as a perfect Sunday morning for the troops serving the US fleet at Pearl Harbor. Under a early morning South Pacific sun, softball teams were lining up on the beach.

Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant.

The Japanese hit Pearl Harbor, located on Oahu, Hawaii, just after 8 a.m. The entire attack lasted a mere 75 minutes. Today, these rarely seen photos from the U.S. Navy and National Archives ...

It’s been 83 years since more than 2,000 American sailors, soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Their memory lived on during an ...

It’s been 83 years since more than 2,000 American sailors, soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Their memory lived on during ...

On Dec. 7, 1941, just before 8 a.m., Japan launched an air and sea attack on Naval Station Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu in Hawaii that pushed the United States into World War II. The U.S ...