Pearl Harbor

Going to see Pearl Harbor was a pretty sobering experience. When you realize that over 1,100 men are entombed within the memorial, and that after 71 years the ship is still leaking oil, it makes you  feel some emotional attachment to what these people have been through 

We took a 5min boat ride out to the USS Arizona Memorial, where we stayed for 20min and took the boat back to the shore.

Leis were thrown down into the rusty turrets.

 

"Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored."

~ Daniel Webster ~

I would love to wear this as a charm on a necklace. They call it the tree of life. Simply beautiful!

Even after 71 years, the USS Arizon seems to still weep. You can still see oil leaking up from the sunken ship. Some say that it's the tears of the thousand sailors who went down with their ship on that day of "infamy."

Walking around the grounds we saw a lot of really neat things.

 An anchor that was thrown from a ship that had been bombed.

Missile