I visited Hawai’i for the first time in 2008 (celebrating our 25th anniversary). We spent 10 days on Kauai, and at my insistence spent 4 days on Oahu. We toured the USS Arizona and the USS Missouri plus some museums. It was somber and impressive. The wall acknowledging eventual internments of USS Arizona survivors with their shipmates…
I visited Hawai’i for the first time in 2008 (celebrating our 25th anniversary). We spent 10 days on Kauai, and at my insistence spent 4 days on Oahu. We toured the USS Arizona and the USS Missouri plus some museums. It was somber and impressive. The wall acknowledging eventual internments of USS Arizona survivors with their shipmates was profound.
My Dad was USAAC in WWII. He maintained that the US Navy/Marine Corps had been the difference in the Pacific, and without them, we’d have lost WWII. He was an amateur historian himself, and would have loved your writing.
I visited Hawai’i for the first time in 2008 (celebrating our 25th anniversary). We spent 10 days on Kauai, and at my insistence spent 4 days on Oahu. We toured the USS Arizona and the USS Missouri plus some museums. It was somber and impressive. The wall acknowledging eventual internments of USS Arizona survivors with their shipmates was profound.
My Dad was USAAC in WWII. He maintained that the US Navy/Marine Corps had been the difference in the Pacific, and without them, we’d have lost WWII. He was an amateur historian himself, and would have loved your writing.