Twin Mount 5-inch 38-caliber gun turret from USS Reno (CL-96).Builder's and Memorial Plaques for USS Enterprise (CV-6).Sheet music for the loss of USS Lexington (CV-2) by Everett D.Various photo-montages of naval surface battles and air and campaigns depicting influential military campaigns in the Pacific.Audio presentation of original announcement by President Franklin D.Enlargement of aerial photograph taken by a Japanese aircraft flying over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.Interesting artifacts from the Pacific Section of the World War II exhibit "In Harm's Way" include: Hanging above the exhibit are examples of aircraft used by both American and Japanese forces. Also displayed is a replica of an atomic bomb casing identical to "Little Boy" dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Video presentations portay elements of the war in the Pacific. A twin 5-inch 38 caliber gun turret sits on the museum floor for visitors to climb on and look inside. Photographic displays depict battles for islands in the Pacific and the war in the Aleutians. Submarine warfare is covered in detail, while a video presentation takes visitors inside a World War II submarine to explore its living conditions. This exhibit displays in a chronological manner the technology and tactics used across the Pacific while Americans battled Japanese forces with naval battles and air attacks and land campaigns. Roosevelt's address to the nation declaring war on Japan begins the Pacific Theater portion of "In Harm's Way" on the east side of the museum.
A radio broadcasting President Franklin D.
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