View looking toward the southern end of the U.S. Naval Air Station Ford Island on 8 December 1941, the day after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor. The planes present include at least seven Vought OS2U <i>Kingfisher</i>, two Curtiss SOC <i>Seagull</i>, one Consolidated PBY-5 <i>Catalina</i>, one Grumman F4F-3 <i>Wildcat</i> and two Douglas TBD-1 <i>Devastator</i>. One of the TBDs may be BuNo 0289, which was flown by Ensign Theodore W. Marshall, USNR, during his attempt to follow Japanese planes back to their carriers on 7 December. He was awarded the Silver Star for the effort.
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Official U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor-raid/attacks-on-airfields-and-aerial-combat/naval-air-station--ford-island--during-the-pearl-harbor-raid/80-G-32506.html">80-G-32506</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>