From the Dec. 7, 2012, Shorpy "War News: 1941.
December 8, 1941 "Corner of Montgomery and Market streets in San Francisco. Monday morning after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor." Photo by John Collier.
A big group of men (no women) gather around a newstand, buying and reading papers.
The San Francisco News headlines "Navy Hunts Japs Off Pacific Coast." Another one "War Extra "Enemy Planes Near New York From the Atlantic."
It was indeed a frightening time, especially with all the screaming headlines.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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