We are took a narrated boat tour around Ford Island. On December 7, 1941 the Pearl Harbor Naval Base was attacked by 353 Japanese aircraft in 2 waves launched from 6 aircraft carriers.
Many people don't realize the Utah is still here. Four battleships were sunk and four others seriously damaged. The Oklahoma capsized. The Utah and the Arizona were the only two not repaired. Navy divers worked around the clock for a total of 20,000 underwater man hours to repair the ships. Within six months, five battleships and two cruisers were put back in service. 
A Japanese midget submarine was sunk here in the fist American shots fired in WWII.
The Nevada was sunk here at Hospital Point in an attempt to get away.
The shipyard where Erik works.
Going by battleship row.
The USS Missouri where the Japanese surrendered.
On the Arizona Memorial looking down at the ship.
We prayed for the men and women who serve and protect our country today and released flowers for those who have given their lives for our freedoms. Oil still leaks from the hull. About 1 quart a day rises to the surface. This has been extensively studied but because of the fragileness of the hull there is no feasible way to make repairs.
The original Arizona bell hangs in the University of Arizona bell tower. The mast and anchor from the ship are by the Arizona state capitol complex in Phoenix.
A brand new Pearl Harbor Museum and Visitor Center was dedicated on December 6th.
I love this poem Eleanore Roosevelt kept with her: Dear Lord
Lest I continue my complacent way
Lest I continue my complacent way
help me to remember somehow out there
a man died for me today.
as long as there be war
I then must ask
am I worth dying for?
2 comments:
Great field trip. Love your post!
A place I wish every American could visit! I love the poem by Roosevelt!
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