Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:14 AM
Subject: Aloha! Trumbles in Hawaii IV - Military Stuff
Of course, while we were in Hawaii we visited the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. The Arizona was sunk quickly during the attacks of 7 December 1941 and more than a thousand men lost their lives. Many were entombed in the ship and their bodies were never recovered.
Andy and Amy live on the base at Hickam AFB and it is a short walk to the water of Pearl Harbor affording the opportunity to see some of the equipment of the U.S. Navy. Pretty neat.
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
The kids and an anchor from the Arizona. According to the sign (inset) the anchor weighs over 19,000 lbs.
Depiction of ships in the harbor and those that were sunk or sustained damage.
The Memorial sits atop the sunken ship.
A list of lives lost.
While standing on the Memorial you can see the ship resting beneath the water (and sticking up out of the water a bit). Oil still leaks from the ship 65 years after it sunk.
Ford Island is the island that sits in the middle of Pearl Harbor. This is a picture of the kids on Ford Island with the Arizona Memorial in the background.
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Other Military Stuff
Jim and a ship.
The boys as a sub passes by.
Dan and a big ship.
The U.S.S. Utah was also lost during the attack in 1941. The Memorial for the Utah is on Ford Island.
The bunch of us (except for Andy) at the Utah Memorial.
Will and a big ship.
Jim and a big ship.
Several of the kids and a big ship.
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