America Attacked: December 7-8, 1941
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2:20 p.m. EST (8:50 a.m. in Hawaii): Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, and special envoy Saburo Kuruso smile as they leave a brief meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull on December 7, 1941, just after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The reporters did not yet know about the attack.
 
Steve Early in Midst of Reporters
Original caption: White House Secretary Steve Early, (seated at left), is shown as he is besieged by reporters he had summoned to the White House for story of Japanese attack on U.S. Pacific bases and islands on December 7, 1941.
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