So my next adventure brought me to the Arizona Memoral. The weather that day was beautiful and we started off where everyone starts off, at the visitor's center. All the history that they have collected and displayed there really gets you emotionally connected to the USS Arizona and her crew even before you get to the Memorial site.
Before we were allowed to visit the Arizona Memorial we had to watch a video about the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the story of the USS Arizona.
Then we took a nice boat out to the Memorial, which is actually built right over the sunken USS Arizona.
Here you can actually see a part of the Arizona. Most of the ship remains where it sunk, along with her crewmembers.
Here you can actually see a part of the Arizona. Most of the ship remains where it sunk, along with her crewmembers.
Here is the wall with the names of all the people who perished on the USS Arizona, many of them whose remains are still down with the ship. At the Memorial the atmosphere is quiet and respectful like it should be.
So that was a little more solemn bit of adventure and history. Up next will be something just as historical, but something that revolves around victory rather than loss.
Until then,
LFM
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