Arizona Memorial Visit – December 5, 2016

Today I visited the USS Arizona Memorial and was overwhelmed with pride and sadness at the thought of so many young men entombed in the remains of a once proud and mighty ship. There was a reverence I felt when walking around the memorial and I have to admit I choked up when a survivor of the attacks on Pearl Harbor spoke of his experiences that day.  I took pictures of the entire experience and you can view those in the slideshow.

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I do not know how you cannot be changed after viewing the sacrifice of those members of the Greatest Generation in all theaters of conflict during World War II.

One Reply to “Arizona Memorial Visit – December 5, 2016”

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