One of the main places I wanted to see was Pearl Harbor. Celeste has already been to Hawaii so she had a lot of other information that she remembered that she could tell me. We walked around the museum for a little bit waiting for our turn to visist the Arizona Memorial. We watched a quick film on the history of how and why Pearl Harbor was bombed. The Arizona had the majority of their crew still on board sleeping when the bombs hit. That is why the Arizona is so famous because that is where the majority of the causalties happened. One thing the film didn't mention but Celeste told me was the reason all of the crew members were still on the ship was because they won the music band competition the night before their prize was to sleep in the next day...the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. After the film they took us by boat out to the Memorial. It was a touching experience.
This is the piture of what the USS Arizona looked like.
This is the actual anchor of the USS Arizona.
Behind us you can still see portions of the Arizona above the sea level. Another interesting thing is the ship still leaks oil into the ocean. You can see the contrast floating out from under the memorial.
This is the wall with all those who died aboard the USS Arizona
We also stopped by the USS Utah, again a place/memorial only accessible by military personnel. The USS Utah was also bombed by the Japanese. As you can see it's remains still float above the sea level. There were 53 soldiers that lost their lives aboard the Utah.
This funny looking object is huge and rests in the Pearl Harbor bay. No one seems to know much about it or what it does except sometimes it floats out to sea for a few days and then comes back. People told us they think it is some type of satellite of radar device. I personally think its part of the Dharma Initiative:)
One of the main places I wanted to see was Pearl Harbor. Celeste has already been to Hawaii so she had a lot of other information that she remembered that she could tell me. We walked around the museum for a little bit waiting for our turn to visist the Arizona Memorial. We watched a quick film on the history of how and why Pearl Harbor was bombed. The Arizona had the majority of their crew still on board sleeping when the bombs hit. That is why the Arizona is so famous because that is where the majority of the causalties happened. One thing the film didn't mention but Celeste told me was the reason all of the crew members were still on the ship was because they won the music band competition the night before their prize was to sleep in the next day...the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. After the film they took us by boat out to the Memorial. It was a touching experience. 
This is the actual anchor of the USS Arizona.
Behind us you can still see portions of the Arizona above the sea level. Another interesting thing is the ship still leaks oil into the ocean. You can see the contrast floating out from under the memorial.
This is the wall with all those who died aboard the USS Arizona
3 comments:
Thanks for teaching me so cool facts. It looks and sounds like it was a neat experience.
I love Pearl Harbor. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Hawaii! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun but how can you not there. Someday I hope to be able to go.
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