Minnesota's Greatest Generation

4"/50 gun crew on USS Ward, after Pearl Harbor attack, 1941

The crew of the gun on the USS Ward that fired the first American shot of World War II posed for a photograph after the Pearl Harbor attack.

Creator: U.S. Department of the Navy
Publisher: Naval Historical Center, in the public domain.
Date: 1941

4"/50 gun crew on USS Ward, after Pearl Harbor attack, 1941