WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument
Location: Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii
Length of visit: half day
Major draws: USS Arizona Memorial, submarine, museum
Strenuosity: 1 out of 10
Cost/Fees: Free
Additional considerations: Free tickets for ferry limited each day
Description: We achieved our goal to witness the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 2016. We also managed to nab two of the limited tickets to ferry out to the USS Arizona Memorial that day where we saw scuba divers preparing to inter two survivors remains on board the ship.
Tiff with USS Arizona anchor
Confused Scott looking at submarine panel
Tiff with USS Bowfin submarine in background
Salute from sailors aboard passing USS Nimitz
Tiff with Arizona model wearing her new shell headband
Flyover from Japanese Zero airplane
Arizona Memorial to the right with aircraft carrier in foreground
Divers prepare to inter two urns of 1941 survivors back aboard the USS Arizona
Divers in water for double interment
Gasoline “tears” still leak from the USS Arizona
Tiff with USS “Mighty Mo” Missouri in the background
Tiff placing orchid flower at memorial wall
Honolulu behind the wreck of the USS Arizona
This huge pufferfish lives at the Arizona Memorial
Scott on Arizona Memorial with WWII Museum wreath
Navy sailors hoisting ceremonial flags aboard Arizona Memorial
