Title from caption on object: “Years before His Death in 1936, General William Mitchell Predicted That Japanese Planes Would Successfully Attack Hawaii..."
December 7, 1941
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 16.8 × 25.9 cm (6 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)
sheet: 18.1 × 28 cm (7 1/8 × 11 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.325
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: #-12; upper left in black ink perpendicular and underlined: S.F. Examiner; upper center International News Photos copyright stamp in black ink; center left stamped in black perpendicular and underlined in red crayon: WAR-2ND WORLD HAWAII / DEVASTATION; center left printed in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: MITCHELL (I) --- Years before his death in 1936, / Gen. William Mitchell predicted that Japanese planes / would successfully attack Hawaii. On Dec. 7, 1941, / the "sneak" attack on Pearl Harbor, while the U.S. / was still talking peace with Japan, established the / fighting general as a true prophet. The following / month, the U.S. Senate gave belated recognition / to his patriotism by voting him the rank of Major / General. Above, the battleship Arizona after the / Pearl Harbor raid. Had Congress listened to "Billy" / Mitchell's advice, Peal [sic] Harbor might have been averted.