Memorial Day...Pictures at Pearl Harbor
Posted: May 27th, 2007, 10:39 am
I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to travel to Hawaii where the wife and I along with her parents visted Pearl Harbor. My pa-in-law is retired AF Chief Master Sergant and was stationed at Hickam AFB (Pearl Harbor) during Vietnam. Visiting Pearl Harbor and Hickam was a very sobering experience. I thought I'd take this opportunity to share a bit of the trip with the forum as we remember the many sacrifices our military and country gave for the freedoms we enjoy each day. I will never view Memorial Day quite the same.
Bullet scars still remain in what is now the Air Force motel. This was airman barracks on Dec 7, 1941.
Jap torpedo fired during the attack on Pearl Harbor...
USS Arizona in the early morning hours of Dec 7, 1941
USS Arizona Memorial
Names of the fallen
USS Arizona at rest that still contains 1102 of the 1177 sailors and marines that lost their life while onboard. A total of 2388 Americans were lost that day.
What remains of the gun turrent base.
USS Missouri looking over the resting place of the USS Arizona. The USS Mo is where General McArthur accepted the surrender of Japan while anchored in Tokyo Harbor, ending World War II.
Memorial of the men who gave their lives on Submarines. American subs laid a heavy toll on the Jap fleet during the war. Most US subs were lost in the South Pacific in undetermined locations. 3,500+ men and 52 subs are at rest at the bottom of the sea.
Punch Bowl National Cemetery where 38,000+ are buried and 26,280 names listed as missing and never recovered during US conflicts of war.
Let us never forget...
Bullet scars still remain in what is now the Air Force motel. This was airman barracks on Dec 7, 1941.
Jap torpedo fired during the attack on Pearl Harbor...
USS Arizona in the early morning hours of Dec 7, 1941
USS Arizona Memorial
Names of the fallen
USS Arizona at rest that still contains 1102 of the 1177 sailors and marines that lost their life while onboard. A total of 2388 Americans were lost that day.
What remains of the gun turrent base.
USS Missouri looking over the resting place of the USS Arizona. The USS Mo is where General McArthur accepted the surrender of Japan while anchored in Tokyo Harbor, ending World War II.
Memorial of the men who gave their lives on Submarines. American subs laid a heavy toll on the Jap fleet during the war. Most US subs were lost in the South Pacific in undetermined locations. 3,500+ men and 52 subs are at rest at the bottom of the sea.
Punch Bowl National Cemetery where 38,000+ are buried and 26,280 names listed as missing and never recovered during US conflicts of war.
Let us never forget...
