Pearl Harbour

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

The attack on Pearl Harbor was on Dec. 7, 1941, 71 years ago today. We will never forget. http://huff.to/UrFWSX

PHOTO: Library of Congress

On the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, we present photos — most of which never ran in LIFE magazine — from Hawaii and the American mainland in the aftermath of the infamous 1941 attack: http://ti.me/TLBS1k

(Bob Landry—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)