Visit to the USS Arizona Memorial

We visited the USS Arizona Memorial on August 31, 2009. The submarine in the beginning is the USS Bowfin. She is a WWII era boat and sits beside the memorials to each of the WWII submarines that were lost in combat. Following that we take the US Navy launch to the Memorial itself out in the harbor. You can see the USS Missouri not far away from the wreck of the Arizona. The treaty with Japan, that ended WWII, was signed on-board in August 1945. Views also of the tall buildings of Pearl City, north of Pearl Harbor.

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[Lisajane257]

wow amazing reallywould love to see this place one day x

[drezmann]

I was there the same day went out the Arizona on the 9:45 tour. Came all the way over from Australia just to see Pearl Harbor. Absolutely worth the trip. Loved it.

[PattayaBen]

@Gunny761 Wow .... thanks for you reply ... very moving to actually see the ship still there ... as is was

[Gunny761]

@PattayaBen Everyone who died within the hull is still there, with the exception of any bodies that were recovered during salvage operations. Any sailors who served on the Arizona has the right to have their ashes on the site as well, which some have done, and any sailors who survived the attack itself are able to have their remains placed in a canister within the ship itself, courtesy of US Navy divers.

[PattayaBen]

Question ... are the sailors still inside the wreck?

[hubsisoft2]

@drezmann

We visited the memorial last September, we made holiday at Hawaii - it was an absolute must go for me. Honours to all the sailors who lost their life. We are germans, I was a sailor too. And I had tears in my eyes at that place.

hubsisoft

[5115wb]

@ErikPeltzable Why does it matter if the japanese were there?

[TheMotherlover101]

wow

[bevis498]

Wish i could go see that (:

[BavarinMotorSportBMW]

the one disliker was a nazi

[ErikPeltzable]

I've been to Hawaii 3 times as a young lad. And I saw Pearl Harbor one time I was there. I'm a huge History, and Military buff. So I got saddened by the American lives lost in the Attack on Pearl Harbor, but I loved it overall. But, I got concerned about why there were so many Japanese there. Oh well.

[Seeratk21]

Been there it takes your breath away . thank you guys for your service!!!