Rented a car today. Actually got a new Ford Escape. Eliza and I drove to Pearl Harbor to visit the USS Arizona Memorial.
We got there at 10:30 and thought we might have a long wait to get in. They hand out free admission tickets that are good for specific time slots. Turned out we got in the 11:30 slot so not bad.
You watch a video about the Japanese attack and the naval and air stations at Pearl Harbor before getting on a boat that takes you to the memorial.
There was a large naval ship in port. It had all kinds of communications equipment and antennas on it. It was leaving as we were going over to the memorial site.
The memorial is very solemn. You cannot see into the water very much. It is hard describe my feelings there. Such a sense of loss knowing there are over 900 men that are interred in the wreckage of over 1,000 that lost their lives on that one ship that day.
In the movie before going over it is mentioned that President Roosevelt cut off oil to the Japanese before war was declared. Another war that concerned oil. There was an audible reaction when that was narrated.
The flag is flying over the USS Arizona Memorial.
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