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Honor America at Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial
Top Things to Do on Oahu

View of the USS Arizona Memorial as seen from the bridge of the Battleship Missouri thus creating bookends marking the beginning and end of the United States involvement in World War II.

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Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial remain top tourist destinations in Hawaii with over 1,500,000 visitors annually.

A visit to the Arizona Memorial is a solemn and sobering experience, even for those who were not alive when the attack occurred. You are literally standing over a grave-site where 1177 men lost their lives.

The USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park at Pearl Harbor offers visitors the chance to tour the World War II submarine USS Bowfin and view and submarine-related artifacts on (the) grounds and in the Museum.

The USS Missouri or Mighty Mo, as she is often called, is anchored at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor within a ship's length of the USS Arizona Memorial, forming fitting bookends to the involvement of the Unites States in World War II.

The Pacific Aviation Museum - Pearl Harbor (PAM) opened to the public on Dec. 7, 2006, the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Hawaii.

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Visiting Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial

USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park

Visiting the USS Missouri or "Mighty Mo"

Review of the Pacific Aviation Museum

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