Pearl Harbor

This picture shows the USS Arizona Memorial on the right, and a US Navy ship on the left. None of the pictures I took can relate the impact that Pearl Harbor had on me.

Regardless of your nationality (I am Canadian), every person should be moved by the knowledge of the tragedy that occurred at this place. In a few hours, 2390 Americans and 64 Japanese died. Early in the surprise attack by the Japanese fleet, the USS Arizona was hit by a bomb. This ignited the forward ammunition magazine. Within nine minutes, the ship and its 1177 men rested on the bottom of the Harbor.

It remains where it sank. The bodies of most of those who died remain inside her. The memorial, dedicated in 1962, spans the width of the sunken ship. The names of all those killed on the Arizona are listed inside the memorial.

War is an awful thing. Places such as this remind us of this truth.