Saturday, June 29, 2013
Some Gave All: US Submarine Memorial, Pearl Harbor Hawaii
Some Gave All: US Submarine Memorial, Pearl Harbor Hawaii: This submarine is the subject of a previous entry here as there is a memorial for its crew at the Vetera...
Friday, June 28, 2013
Some Gave All: The USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Hawaii
Some Gave All: The USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Hawaii:
I last saw the USS Arizona memorial in about 1975, when I went to Oahu with my mother. We went there to visit her Great Aunt Christine, who was born and raised in Hawaii, and who was an eyewitness to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
At that time, the memorial was administered by the U.S. Navy, and those going to view it entered by small vessel through the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The boat was boarded in Honolulu Harbor. It was very dignified, and I recall a uniformed sailor was present at all times.
The U.S. Park Service now administers the site, and they do a nice job, particularly with a related facility nearby which commemorates the entire battle. It remains a moving and somber site.
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| The raised anchor of the USS Arizona. |
The memorial wall on the USS Arizona memorial listing the crew-members who lost their lives on December 7, 1941.
The crew-members who have chosen to be interred with their shipmates since December 7, 1941.
The USS Arizona.
Oil leaking from the Arizona, the "tears" of the ship.
This is a section of the memorial wall again, which I've posted due to the surprise of noting the name of one of the sailors.
This is the name I noted. Hoelscher is an alternative spelling of my last name. We don't spell it that way, and because it's a German and Dutch occupational name, the chances of even being distantly related are quite small. Still, it's quite surprising and a bit of a shock to see a Hoelscher listed there.
The oil leaking from the USS Arizona is estimated at the very small amount of five quarts per day. None the less, the oil streak is clearly visible from the USS Missouri, which is docked some distance away.
The USS Missouri as viewed from the USS Arizona memorial.
I last saw the USS Arizona memorial in about 1975, when I went to Oahu with my mother. We went there to visit her Great Aunt Christine, who was born and raised in Hawaii, and who was an eyewitness to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
At that time, the memorial was administered by the U.S. Navy, and those going to view it entered by small vessel through the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The boat was boarded in Honolulu Harbor. It was very dignified, and I recall a uniformed sailor was present at all times.
The U.S. Park Service now administers the site, and they do a nice job, particularly with a related facility nearby which commemorates the entire battle. It remains a moving and somber site.
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The Hana Highway, Maui, Hawaii
Regarded as one of the ten greatest drives in the world, these are scenes from the Hana Highway, a highly curved road featuring 57 bridges (many single lane). The highway was opened in 1910 to transport sugar and goes through Maui's lush tropical north side.
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