1 Admiral's Barge tour of the USS Arizona - arranged through Dave as active duty service member. He is able to sponsor four people. Matt and Melodie went with me, mom and Dave.
2 The museum inside the boathouse. Very good maps.
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4 The memorial with the USS Arizona's remains pictured below. 1177 sailors entombed, plus those who have deceased later and asked to be buried below with their shipmates.
5 On our way around the harbor we got to see the USS Utah and where the USS Nevada ran aground during her desperate attempt to clear the channel.
6 Being saluted by SEALS since our boat had a 2-star flag on it. Pretty amazing to see.
7 USS Utah memorial, not visited by tours since it's on Ford Island.
8 The USS Missouri which was hit in the attack, then repaired and is where the peace was signed after the war. Pretty amazing story.
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10 The USS Missouri bears watch over the USS Arizona. Her bow is not pointed out of the harbor as all other moored ships would, but pointed toward the Arizona.
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12 Inside the memorial, seven windows on each of three sides signify 21-gun salute.
13 We were here 3 days after the 67th anniversary of the attack.
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16 The small tomb to the left is where shipmates who have passed since the sinking are noted.
17 Once a submariner's wife...always a...
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20 Thank you, Dave, for taking time off to share this unique experience with all of us.
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22 On Ford Island - this is a dive tower that was later used as a control tower. Featured in the film Pearl Harbor. Ben Affleck shot for a long time without reloading his gun here!
23 A Pearl Harbor survivor at the Pacific Aviation Museum.
24 This is truly an amazing museum. I think the first museum I've EVER been interested in raving about! We will buy a membership for Sam. I'm working on a group tour here. This is the little cafe - very good food, and BEER - can you believe it?
