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Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbour 2.
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  • By K.Knight on December 27, 2004
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  • The USS Arizona Memorial - Honolulu
    The USS Arizona Memorial
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    Pearl Harbor is Hawaii's largest harbor and the nation's only naval base designated as a National Historic Landmark with three significant memorials: the USS Arizona Memorial, honoring the 1,100 men of the Pearl Harbor attack; the Battleship Missouri Memorial, a living museum of the most celebrated and last-built battleship; and the USS Bowfin Museum, featuring a World War II submarine, a Japanese mini submarine and extensive submarine history.

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    Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbour 3.
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  • USS Arizona Memorial. - Honolulu
    USS Arizona Memorial.
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    Once you enter the memorial I would suggest that you go straight to the ticket window and receive a free ticket for the movie and boat tour. These tickets are numbered and when you (and around 50 others) are called you proceed to the theatre. After a film of live footage from the Japanese invasion of Dec 7 1941, you board a navy boat and are taken out to the USS Arizona.

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    Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbour.
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  • USS Arizona Memorial. - Honolulu
    USS Arizona Memorial.
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    There seems to be a common thread in Honolulu....Tourist operators that wish to rip you off!!
    Pearl Harbour is a National memorial and as such, it is FREE ENTRY. Once again The Bus will take you to the memorial for US$2.00 each way. An entire day at the memorial will cost you US$4.00. Some tour companies will charge you upwards of US$60.00 for the tour!!!

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    Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbour 4.
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  • Lest we forget. - Honolulu
    Lest we forget.
    by K.Knight
    To me, this was a humbling experience.....
    The USS Arizona is the final resting place for many of the ship's 1,177 crewmen who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. The 184-foot-long Memorial structure spanning the mid-portion of the sunken battleship consists of three main sections: the entry and assembly rooms; a central area designed for ceremonies and general observation; and the shrine room, where the names of those killed on the Arizona are engraved on the marble wall.

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    Pearl Harbor: SILENT GUARDIANS
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  • EVER WATCHFUL - Honolulu
    EVER WATCHFUL
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    Wow. Now anyone can board the Battleship USS Missouri. What a huge ship it is, the "Mighty Mo", with her large 16" guns standing guard.

    Seeing the inside of a battleship is like visiting a miniature city, with all of the areas of the ship being a smaller version of their land counterparts. Not much room for sleeping, and look out for the low ceiling or the narrow hallways (corridors).

    The main attraction of the ship is standing on the actual spot where the war ended between the USA and Japan, with the signing of surrender by the Japanese. Obviously moving to those that remember, hopefully moving to future generations.

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  • Website: www.ussmissouri.com
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    Pearl Harbor: THE USS MISSOURI
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  • The Missouri - Honolulu
    The Missouri
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    Early August 29, 1945 the USS MISSOURI entered Tokyo Bay to prepare for the formal surrender ceremony. High- ranking military officials of all the Allied Powers came on board September2. Army General Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese representatives came together and then the surrender ceremony was broadcast to the waiting world, thus ending the Second World War.

    Three football fields long and over 20 stories tall, the Missouri's 16-inch guns can fire a 2,700 pound shell more than 25 miles.

    Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    General admission
    Adults $16.00
    Children 4 - 12 $8.00

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    Pearl Harbor: OVER THE USS ARIZONA
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  • WOMB OF WATER - Honolulu
    WOMB OF WATER
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    Pearl Harbor is a must visit, to see the museum and movie about war and the tragedy of one day. After the somber movie, about December 7, 1941, you take a brief shuttleboat ride out to the memorial that covers part of the USS Arizona. This site is one memorial of many throughout the world, dedicated to the fallen. Below the cold stone floor lies the tomb of 1,102 members of the crew. Yes, many die in war, and this precious crew is a reminder of the sadness and cruelty of it all.

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    Pearl Harbor: USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL
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  • By LoriPori on March 9, 2005
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  • Remains of Arizona - Honolulu
    Remains of Arizona
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    On December 7, 1941, the USS ARIZONA while moored in Pearl Harbour, was bombed by a Japanese air raid. The 608 - foot battleship sank in 9 minutes without firing a shot, taking 1,177 sailors and marines to their death. The attack catapulted the United States into World War II. The USS Arizona Memorial was established to honor all those that made the ultimate sacrifice.

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    Pearl Harbor: Pearl harbor-USS Arizona Memorial
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  • Remembering Pearl Harbor - Honolulu
    Remembering Pearl Harbor
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    December 7, 2008 marks the 66th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and The United States' entry into World War II. Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial remain top tourist destinations in Hawaii with over 1,500,000 visitors annually. The addition of the Battleship Missouri and the 1999 opening of the USS Missouri Memorial has further enhanced the importance of this historic area. The memorial, dedicated in 1962, spans the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it. Since it opened in 1980, the National Park Service has operated the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center associated with the memorial. Historical information about the attack, boat access to the memorial, and general visitor services are available at the center. The 19,585 pound anchor of the Arizona is displayed at the entrance of the visitor center.

    three main parts to the national memorial: entry, assembly room, and shrine. At the entry, visitors pass one of the battleship's two bells. The central assembly room features seven large open windows on either wall and ceiling, to commemorate the date of the attack. It also contains an opening in the floor overlooking the sunken decks of the oil-seeping wreck. (The oil seeping is sometimes referred to as "black tears" or "the tears of the Arizona". It is from this opening that visitors come to pay their respects by tossing flowers and lei in honor of the fallen sailors. Every President of the United States since Franklin D. Roosevelt, and every Emperor of Japan since Hirohito, has made a pilgrimage to the site. The shrine at the far end is a marble wall that bears the names of all those killed on the USS Arizona, protected behind velvet ropes. Contrary to popular belief, the USS Arizona is no longer in commission. As a special tribute to the ship and her lost crew, the United States flag flies from the flagpole, which is attached to the severed mainmast of the sunken battleship. Every day a different flag is raised, the previous day's flag folded and given to special persons.

  • Phone: (808) 487-DEC7 (3327),
  • Directions: 1 Arizona Memorial Place, Honolulu, HI 96818
  • Website: www.PearlHarborMemorial.com
  • Other Contact: Toll free: (866) DEC-1941 (332-1
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    Pearl Harbor: PEARL HARBOUR -- THE USS ARIZONA
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  • Plaque - Memorial over the Arizona - Honolulu
    Plaque - Memorial over the
    Arizona
    by LoriPori
    The December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour remains one of the most infamous naval attacks in history, as well as one of the most devastating opening attacks of any war. Of the 96 ships in the harbour that day, 18 were sunk or heavily damaged. The casualties totaled 2403 dead, 1178 wounded. Almost half of the fatalities were aboard the USS ARIZONA.

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