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We took a bus to see the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor. While we waited to take a boat to the memorial itself, we looked through the museum. Here's a detailed model of the Arizona.
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They had actual Pearl Harbor survivors there signing autographs and such. Pretty cool!
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Here's the Arizona memorial itself, as seen from the boat that took us there.
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As we made our way there, we passed by this ship. According to my dad, it's a Kilauea class ammunition ship, and if you look closely, it's the USNS Kiska. Thanks!
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The side of the Arizona memorial.
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Inside the memorial, there were a lot of people. (although the people on the left are about to leave on the boat)
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The dedication plaque.
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The Arizona memorial itself sits over the still submerged wreckage of the ship. Here's a few of the parts that are still above water.
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A large marble wall listing the people killed on the Arizona.
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These people survived the attack but chose to be buried with their shipmates. Very moving.
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From the memorial we could see the USS Missouri (which we would tour next).
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Another Arizona memorial plaque.
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I didn't realize that every state has a Pearl Harbor Survivor license plate. Here are a bunch of them.
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Our next stop was the USS Missouri.
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As the sign implies, it's a long walk.
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A vending machine I thought Jessica would appreciate :-)
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From the bow of the ship you can get a sense for how big the main guns are. Our tour guide said that when they fired them, the whole ship would shake.
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I believe this was the workstation of the fire control officer and the missile officer.
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This sign was in the Wardroom. I like "Do not abuse the use of the watch boy by sending him on long errands."
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The "Plan of the Day" from December 10, 1991. While the Missouri is obviously not active now, apparently it could be made active again in around 6 months.
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The plaque on the Missouri commemorating where the Japanese surrendered to the Allies in World War 2.
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After that we took a quick tour of Honolulu - here's a nice view of part of the city.
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Our main destination was the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. We weren't allowed to stop but I got some pictures from the bus.
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The cemetery was very elegant - rows and rows of graves with the occasional flowers.
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From the front you can see there's some sort of memorial or something past the lawn, but I'm not sure what it is.
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The trees lining the road were quite nice. I think they were called "Bana trees" or something like that. (we saw them a lot in Hawaii)
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A good view of the cemetery.
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We continued on our Honolulu tour - this is the state capitol, supposedly the only one in the US without a dome.
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Here's the Hawaii Supreme Court building, which used to hold the seat of Hawaiian government. The statue in front is of Kamehameha I, who was the first ruler of all the Hawaiian islands.
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A closeup of the Kamehameha statue.
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They had some vintage martial law notices on the outside.
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Afterwards, I looked around the US Army Museum of Hawaii, which was next door to our hotel. It's located in a former coastal artillery battery.
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Vintage rationing coupons from WWII.
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There was a vintage helicopter on display outside. Our hotel is visible behind it!
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And here's a light M24 tank.
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After that it was time to head back to the mainland. The Honolulu airport is really bizarre, though - the gates are indoors (and quite nice, as you can see here), but walking between them is open air, and in fact a shuttle bus drives around inside the ai
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Here's a map of the airport that will hopefully give you some sense of the craziness. Note the long walk from, say, gate 23 to gate 26, especially since most of it is outside!
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