Photos show the horror, drama of Pearl Harbor attack

The black and white photographs are an eerie look back at the Japanese surprise attack that took place 75 years ago.

Clouds of smoke billow over the tops of the battleships USS West Virginia, USS Tennessee and USS Arizona in one shot.

A sinking USS Oklahoma is photographed going down next to the still floating USS Maryland.

Flames and smoke fill the sky over airplanes sitting on the tarmac at a naval air station.

The following day President Franklin D. Roosevelt made his “Day of Infamy” speech to a joint session of Congress. Soon after he finished the United States entered World War II.