USS Arizona Memorial - Pearl Harbor, HI
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The USS Arizona Memorial Museum commemorates the bravery and honor of those who served and the thousands who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Waymark Code: WM5QMA
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2009
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December 7, 1941...the Imperial Japanese Navy, under the command of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, launched a surprise attack on the American military installation at Pearl Harbor, bringing the united States into World War II. The first wave of 183 planes launched at 6:09 a.m. on December 7. American ships and military installationsincluding the airfields at Ford Island, were hit at 7:55 a.m.
A second wave of 180 planes launched at 8:30 a.m., attacking the fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. An armor piercing bomb hit the battleship USS Arizona, penetrating the forward ammunition compartment. The ship blew up and sunk within seconds. Overall, nine ships of the U.S. fleet were sunk and twenty-one ships were severely damaged.
The overall death toll reached 2,350 and 1,178 injured. Of the military personnel lost at Pearl Harbor, 1,177 were from the USS Arizona.
The USS Arizona Memorial is a 184-foot-long structure spanning the mid-portion of the sunken USS Arizona, the final resting place for many of the ship's 1,177 crewman still entombed in it's hull. The names of those killed are engraved in the marble wall in the shrine room.
The first recognition of the Arizona as a memorial to those killed at Pearl Harbor, was in 1950, when Admiral Arthur Radford, Commander in Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC), had a flagpole erected from the sunken ship to fly proudly above the water. A commemorative plaque was placed at the base of the flagpole, and the flag flies proudly every day as a tribute to the ship's lost crew. The USS Arizona is no longer in commission.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved the creation of the Memorial in 1958. Construction was completed in 1961 and the memorial was dedicated in 1962.
**Some photos provided are from National Park Service
Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link]
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The memorial is open seven days a week 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1.
Entrance fees (if it applies): 0
Type of memorial: Building
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