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A must see for all who visit Hawaii and appreciate history. It was a very humbling experience to visit a place I had only ever heard about in text books before.
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The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor was inaugurated in 1980 and sits directly above but not touching the wreck of the USS Arizona that was sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The exhibition hall is about half the size of a basketball court. There is a 1:96 restoration model of the USS Arizona at the entrance and the remains and memorial model of the USS Arizona underwater. The exhibition room also displays precious items left by the USS Arizona, such as the frigates from the USS Arizona, the uniforms and trophies of the USS Arizona Sailors' American football team, etc., which were salvaged after the USS Arizona sank. There was also a character introduction session during the visit. The two characters introduced were Admiral Isaac C Kidd, the captain of the USS Arizona, and Paxton C. Kidd, a sailor at the time. Carter (Paxton Carter). They were all generals and sailors who died aboard the USS Arizona on the day of Pearl Harbor. The ruins of the shipwreck are still lying quietly in their original position, and there are still docks where other warships once docked on both sides of it. Each dock is marked with the name of the ship that docked at that time and the US Navy number. Visible Nevada (BB36), Westerle (AR4), Tennessee (BB43) and so on. The site memorial was built in the form of a command bridge across the sea from the middle of the wreck. The memorial is divided into three parts, the entrance, the shipwreck exhibition hall and the Memorial to the fallen. The entire memorial is a white building, with dignified writing above the gate at the entrance: USSARIZONAMEMORIAL is located in the hall on the back side, which is a monument to the fallen soldiers.
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Pearl Harbor National Memorial Reviews: Insider Insights and Visitor Experiences
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A must see for all who visit Hawaii and appreciate history. It was a very humbling experience to visit a place I had only ever heard about in text books before.
American tourists are very emotional about this place, although there are not many tourists here, but more than 80% of them are Americans, the memory of World War II is probably the most emotionally complicated is these people.
The war was so tragic that more than 2,000 American soldiers died in combat, and more than 1,000 American soldiers have slept in the undersea cabins. Nearly eight decades have passed, and oil still leaks from the water.
Traveling to Hawaii, I went to the Arizona Battleship Memorial with a solemn mood. On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy stole the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor, and the US military was unsuspecting. In more than two hours of air strikes, Japanese bombers killed and injured 3,581 American citizens, sunk six US ships and destroyed 347 US aircraft. The Arizona battleship, which was moored at Pearl Harbor, was hit and sunk, and the ammunition depot exploded, killing 1,177 soldiers. The Pearl Harbor incident led directly to the outbreak of the Pacific War, which officially led to the United States joining World War II. In May 1962, President Kennedy designated the sinking site of the battleship Arizona as a national cemetery and created the Arizona Memorial in the waters where the ship sank. The memorial was completed in 1980. The historic warship moored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii brings the history of World War II to the people. The Arizona ship remains 12 meters underwater, with the upper structure and artillery of the ship being removed, and the visible wreckage on the surface, with only the round base of the main gun turret at the rear of the ship. On the white marble memorial wall in the memorial hall, the names of 1,177 Navy soldiers who died on the ship on December 7, 1941 are engraved. Every morning, Navy soldiers will still raise the Star-Spangled Banner for the battleship Arizona, which is no longer sailing. The memorial is built on a seabed filled with arched bridges, above the underwater hull of the battleship Arizona. It is like a monument created at sea, so that today's people never forget the war, never forget the soldiers who fought for peace.
The museum is quickly accessible by boat from the port. In fact, this is where the Arizona shipwreck was originally. The appearance of the memorial is like a small boat, and all the honorable sacrifices of the military are on the walls of the museum. After entering, the atmosphere was very serious and there were no Japanese tourists. This is the patriotic educational base of the American people.
The USS Arizona Memorial Hall at Pearl Harbor was built in 1980 to commemorate the Arizona battleship that was sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The wreckage of the main ship is not here, but parts of the shells, machine guns and other parts that have been removed are displayed here.
📍 This is the first time I came, but fortunately I have the patience of the staff to explain and have very good memories.