"A Day that will Live in Infamy" The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the final resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors who lost their lives on the U.S.S. Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, by Japanese Naval Forces. This loss of life represents over half of the Americans killed during the worst naval disaster in American history. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of O'ahu was the action that led to the United States’ involvement in World War II. The memorial, dedicated in 1962, was built over the remains of the sunken battleship U.S.S. Arizona without touching it. The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Visitor Center was opened in 1980 and operated by the National Park Service. The sunken remains of the battleship were declared a National Historic Landmark on May 5, 1989.
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Arial photograph of the U.S.S. Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
“To the Memory of the Gallant Men Here Entombed and their shipmates who gave their lives in action on December 7, 1941, on the U.S.S. Arizona" — Inscription in marble with the names of Arizona's honored dead.
U.S.S. Arizona's Gun Turret Mount
Jennie, Jewel, and Margaret enjoying their time in Hawaii
[The first and second photos are postcards; I did not take those.]
