We had a wonderful and very moving visit to Pearl Harbor and the USS Missouri.
You cannot but help tears welling in your eyes when you visit that monument.
You almost feel the agony those heroes went thru when you sit through a well-produced movie showing the attack and our feeble and futile response. And then when you actually visit the USS Arizona memorial and stand over her lying in the water, well it gets to you. Fuel is still leaking from her to this day...about two quarts a day. It's almost as if it's the blood of the nine hundred men still entombed in the Arizona. It is truly hallowed ground.
Our visit to the USS Missouri was equally emotional. When you visit the inside of a ship similar to the ones the Japanese sank during the attack, and see how tight their quarters are, you really realize how terrible it must have been for those men caught below during that surprise attack.
And when you stand on the same spot where the Japanese signed the surrender documents on board that ship, your feeling of sadness somehow morphs into a feeling of near euphoria and tremendous pride in America.
You cannot but help tears welling in your eyes when you visit that monument.
You almost feel the agony those heroes went thru when you sit through a well-produced movie showing the attack and our feeble and futile response. And then when you actually visit the USS Arizona memorial and stand over her lying in the water, well it gets to you. Fuel is still leaking from her to this day...about two quarts a day. It's almost as if it's the blood of the nine hundred men still entombed in the Arizona. It is truly hallowed ground.
Our visit to the USS Missouri was equally emotional. When you visit the inside of a ship similar to the ones the Japanese sank during the attack, and see how tight their quarters are, you really realize how terrible it must have been for those men caught below during that surprise attack.
And when you stand on the same spot where the Japanese signed the surrender documents on board that ship, your feeling of sadness somehow morphs into a feeling of near euphoria and tremendous pride in America.
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