Then And Now: Incredible Photos Show Present-Day Pearl Harbor Compared With The December 7th, 1941 A

The battleship USS California burns in the foreground as the battleship USS Arizona burns in the background after the attack on Pearl Harbor (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan)

To commemorate the 76th anniversary of the devastating surprise attack carried out by the Empire of Japan on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the US Navy has released a series of photo illustrations overlaying scenes from that horrifying event with present-day pictures.

See them below (photo descriptions credited to Business Insider):

The Mahan-class destroyer USS Shaw explodes in the background after the attack on Pearl Harbor (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan)

Defenders on Ford Island watch for planes (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan)

Sailors on Ford Island look on as the Mahan-class destroyer USS Shaw explodes (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan)

A view of the historic Ford Island control tower from 1941. The tower was once used to guide airplanes at the airfield on the island. It is now an aviation library (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan)

The battleship USS Arizona burns during the attack, as viewed from Ford Island (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan)

Hangar 6 on Ford Island stands badly damaged after the attack (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan)

Learn more about this infamous day in history here.