Pearl Harbor

 This is walking from the parking lot to the Pearl Harbor Memorial.  The actual memorial of the USS Arizona is the building on the far right in the first picture.

 After a movie, and a walk around some museums (pictures are after the Memorial) with information, we got on a little boat to motor out to the Memorial.

USS Missouri

As we dock at the USS Arizona Memorial

And this is what you see.

The top of the ship was cut off as 'unsightly' and scrapped.

View from the Memorial

I know this picture is odd and impressionistic.  But it's of the oil still seeping out of the wreck.  You can smell it because it's so strong.  They won't pump it out because it's mixed with human remains.

This is inside, looking down through a hole in the building.  I don't know if you can see it, but there were gold colored fish swimming around the wreckage.

 Names of the deceased engraved on marble.  The park ranger asked people to be quiet in this room.

The white marker on the right is also part of the Memorial.

Here are some snaps from the mainland museum.

If you were at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, you may have seen some of these people.

The code breakers were highly respected for their work aided by this contraption.

Finally, I took this picture mainly because (on the left) it points to Tripler Hospital, which is where YaoYao is stationed.  But, from the sign, Pearl Harbor really is the crossroads of the Pacific.