To the Pilots: Do Your Duty!

The U.S. Navy's Historical Center provides background information on this captured Japanese photograph:

The Commanding Officer of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku watches as planes take off to attack Pearl Harbor, during the morning of 7 December 1941.

The Kanji inscription at left is an exhortation to pilots to do their duty.

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Credits

U.S. Navy Photo # 80-G-182248.

Information on the photo from the U.S. Navy's Historical Center.

Photo, U.S. National Archives.