Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the rank-math domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/html/hawaiitravelblog/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/html/hawaiitravelblog/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /var/www/html/hawaiitravelblog/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893 {"id":355,"date":"2009-02-11T16:52:21","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T16:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/the-u-s-s-arizona-memorial-one-of-hawaiis-most-meaningful-visitor-attractions\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T09:45:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T09:45:54","slug":"oahu-vacation-information-the-uss-arizona-memorial-one-of-hawaiis-most-meaningful-visitor-attractions-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/oahu-vacation-information\/the-uss-arizona-memorial-%E2%80%93-one-of-hawai%E2%80%98i%E2%80%99s-most-meaningful-visitor-attractions.html","title":{"rendered":"The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial \u2013 One of Hawaii\u2019s Most Meaningful Visitor Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The memorial honors those who died in the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, an event that entered the United States into World War II. 350 Japanese bomber planes attacked Pearl Harbor, killing 2,383 people and wounding another 1,178. The attack on Pearl Harbor also sunk eight huge American battleships, damaging 21 ships in all and destroying 347 planes.<\/p>\n

The Arizona Memorial is 184 feet long and located directly over the wreck of the U.S.S. Arizona, the ship where 1,177 died and 900 remain entombed.<\/p>\n

The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial was designed by an Austrian architect named Alfred Preis. Preis had fled the Nazis in 1939 and he later moved to Hawai’i. President Dwight Eisenhower approved the building of the Arizona Memorial in 1958.<\/p>\n

An Elvis Presley<\/strong> benefit concert at Bloch Arena in Honolulu on March 25, 1961 raised about $64,000 toward the Memorial’s $500,000 price tag. On May 31, 1962, which was Memorial Day, the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial was officially dedicated. In 1989 the Memorial was designated as a National Historical Landmark, and is now one of Hawaii’s most visited historic sites, with more than one million people visiting each year.<\/p>\n

Once I am comfortably ensconced back in my Oahu Hotel<\/a> that I got as part of my Oahu Vacation Package<\/strong>, I sit and think about the sacrifices that have made by the U.S. military. We are so lucky to be able to live here in the greatest country in the world, and I think about the fact that freedom isn\u2019t free, it is earned by the brave men and women of our military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"