December 7, 1941. President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed it, “A day that will live in infamy.” As the United States Pacific Fleet slumbered that warm Sunday morning, it suddenly found itself under surprise attack by hundreds of Japanese aircraft. Two brief hours later, 2,403 Americans were dead, eight battleships were sunk or damaged — and the United States was at war. This definitive illustrated history re-creates for a new generation every key moment of those two unforgettable hours at Pearl Harbor. Historian Dan van der Vat’s compelling narrative is illuminated by a wealth of rare archival images from that day — including powerful early color photographs of the American fleet under attack and burning. Evocative paintings by war artist Tom Freeman, maps and dimensional diagrams of the battle and contemporary color photography of significant sites on Oahu today set the stage for moving first-person accounts of survivors and eyewitnesses — Japanese and American, military and civilian, adult and child.