For those in Pensacola, the first news of the Japanese attack against U.S. naval installations in and around Pearl Harbor came over the airwaves as news bulletins interrupted radio programming and word of the attack spread by word of mouth.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor; On Dec. 8, the U.S. entered World War II.

One day after Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese bombers, President Franklin D. Roosevelt address a joint session of U.S. Congress to declare war on Japan. [...]

Adm. William Furlong was a U.S. Navy rear admiral during World War II and served as Chief of Naval Ordnance from 1937 to 1941. He was tasked with overseeing recovery operations at Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack, salvaging and/or repairing the damaged ships.

It's been 84 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor. 2,403 Americans died in the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, the Department of War said. Another 1,178 Americans were injured. Eight U.S. battleships were hit during the attack,

Step back to the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, and then forward to a U.S. Navy whose heritage remains true to that infamous day, all the while protecting American interests at home and abroad.

U.S. and Virginia flags will be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings “in solemn memory and respect” for the nearly 4,000 American servicemen and servicewomen killed or wounded in the surprise Dec.

The Dec. 7 bombing was 84 years ago, but new information is still coming out, including accounts of the youngest witnesses.