Naval History (WWII)

SHIPS OF WWII

100

APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE DEATHS (1,200) FROM THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR TOOK PLACE ON THIS BATTLESHIP, WHICH REMAINS SUNKEN IN PEARL HARBOR TO THIS DAY.

USS ARIZONA

200

ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945, JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES SIGNED THE OFFICIAL INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER, THUS ENDING WWII, ONBOARD THIS U.S. NAVY SHIP.

USS MISSOURI

300

THIS U.S. NAVY SHIP WAS THE MOST DECORATED SHIP OF WWII.

USS ENTERPRISE

400

THIS "STINGER" WAS COMMISSIONED JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY. HOWEVER, SHE WAS SUNK FOUR MONTHS LATER DURING THE BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS.

USS HORNET

500

THE FIRST SHOT FIRED BY THE U.S. IN WWII WAS FIRED FROM THIS DESTROYER ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, JUST ONE HOUR BEFORE THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR BEGAN.

USS WARD

BATTLES OF WWII

100

THIS MAY 1942 BATTLE WAS FOUGHT ENTIRELY BETWEEN U.S AND JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, WHERE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS FROM EACH SIDE NEVER SAW EACH OTHER.

BATTLE OF CORAL SEA

200

THIS BATTLE TOOK PLACE SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR WAS CONSIDERED THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC.

BATTLE OF MIDWAY

300

THIS OCTOBER 1944 BATTLE WAS THE LARGEST NAVAL BATTLE OF WWII.

BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF

400

OPERATION OVERLORD WAS THE CODE NAME FOR THIS WWII BATTLE.

BATTLE OF NORMANDY

500

THIS BATTLE, NAMED FOR THE JAPANESE ISLAND INVADED BY U.S. NAVAL AND MARINE FORCES, TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 19 FEBRUARY AND 26 MARCH 1845.

BATTLE OF IWO JIMA

PEARL HARBOR

100

THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR TOOK PLACE ON THIS "DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY."

DECEMBER 7, 1941

200

THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR CLAIMED THE LIVES OF __ AMERICANS.

2,403

300

THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR DESTROYED OR DAMAGED __ BATTLESHIPS.

EIGHT

400

DURING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, THE UNITED STATES LOST __ AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.

ZERO

500

THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR WAS CONCEIVED BY THIS JAPANESE ADMIRAL 

JAPANESE ADMIRAL ISORUKO YAMAMOTO

LEADERS OF WWII

100

THIS U.S. PRESIDENT WAS IN OFFICE WHEN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR TOOK PLACE. HE DECLARED WAR ON JAPAN THE FOLLOWING DAY.

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

200

AN ENTIRE CLASS OF DESTROYER WAS NAMED AFTER THIS ADMIRAL, A DESTROYER COMBAT COMMANDER DURING WORLD WAR II.

ADMIRAL ARLEIGH BURKE

300

THIS FUTURE PRESIDENT WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE D-DAY OPERATION.

ARMY GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

400

__ FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENTS SERVED IN THE NAVY DURING WWII.

SIX

500

THIS ADMIRAL COMMANDED THE PACIFIC FLEET AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, AND SIGNED THE JAPANESE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945.

ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ

FAMOUS FIRSTS

100

IN JULY 1942, THE WOMEN'S RESERVE OF THE NAVY WAS ESTABLISHED. IT WAS LATER RENAMED TO ___.

 

WAVES - WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE

200

THESE WWII PILOTS, KNOWN AS THE 99TH PURSUIT SQUADRON, WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN AVIATORS IN THE U.S. MILITARY.

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

300

THIS SAILOR BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BE AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.

DORIS "DORIE" MILLER

400

THIS FEMALE NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER WAS A PIONEER OF COMPUTING DURING WORLD WAR II, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC MARK IV COMPUTER IN 1944.

GRACE HOPPER

500

THIS AMERICAN PHYSICIST LED THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB UNDER THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.

J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER