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The Pearl Harbor Memorial commemorates the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese and the United States’ subsequent entry into WWII. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and other areas on Oahu in a two-wave surprise attack. They sank or damaged nearly every vessel in the Harbor, killing over 2400 people.
The Arizona still rests where she fell and serves as a burial ground for the thousand crewmen whose bodies could not be recovered. The US Navy has given the survivors the option to be buried there to be reunited with their brothers-at-arms. The Navy interred the last survivor at the Arizona in December 2019. The remaining survivors, now 98 years old, have requested other arrangements.
The park will live-stream the 79th commemoration ceremony from Hawaii today. You can see it on the park’s Facebook page or here. The YouTube video below is a nice tour of the Arizona Memorial, the Missouri and Bowfin. We missed these on our visit last year due to damage to the loading ramp.
Location: 1 Arizona Memorial Place, Honolulu, HI, 96818
Designation: National Memorial
Date established/designated: March 12, 2019
Date of my visit: April 20, 2019
This is an amazing but sad place. Sadly, not to many students are being taught about this place anymore.
It is sad. I think I cried the whole visit. I’m glad my daughter was old enough to understand…the first time I visited I was about her age and it didn’t really affect me as deeply as it did when I was an adult. And I don’t remember this being taught much even when I was in school…just a date to memorize for exams.
Very timely article. Great pictures.
Thank you.
Thank you for posting this.
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I was stationed at Pearl Harbor for 3 yrs. aboard the USS Carpenter DD-825. Saw the Arizona Memorial many times.
Thank you for your service 💜
Thank you for featuring my video. Much appreciated! I studied WWII extensively when I was in college, especially the Pacific theater. I can say without a doubt, no amount of books or videos can give your true scope of what happened in Pearl Harbor until you actually pay the site a visit.
Thanks for sharing your video!
Nice memorial!
THanks for sharing this.
Happy new year!
Thanks and happy new year to you!!