USS Arizona Memorial
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The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
USS Arizona Memorial in 2002
USS Arizona sinking and burning during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
USS Arizona in the 1950s.
A letter RAdm J.J. Manning to Robert Ripley regarding the need for a permanent Pearl Harbor memorial
USS Missouri (BB-63)
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USS Missouri is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and is now a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The sh
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…damage to gradually appear. The original wall was replaced in 1984 and the first replacement wall was replaced in 2014. Upon the deck of the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese surrendered to United States General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, ending World War II. In 1999, Missouri…
Missouri at sea in her 1980s configuration
Missouri underway in August 1944.
A kamikaze (top left) moments before striking Missouri's side.
Allied sailors and officers watch General of the Army Douglas MacArthur sign documents during the surrender ceremony aboard Missouri on 2 September 1945. The unconditional surrender of the Japanese to the Allies officially ended the Second World War.