Remembering Pearl Harbor

When I think of a war monument, I imagine a heavy structure anchored firmly to the earth. But the USS Arizona Memorial floats in the Hawaiian harbor. Straddling the hull of the sunken USS Arizona ship, the World War II memorial honors the 1,177 crewmen who were killed when their ship was struck by Japanese bombers.

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Photo: The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, ArtToday.com

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