Pearl Harbor

On Monday, we packed Ashley and Alexis up for the airport and took them to Pearl Harbor.  They have a great walk through museum that sets up the events of December 7.  There is also a submarine and battleship that you can tour (which we didn't have time to do).  After the Arizona, we did lunch, dropped Taris off at work, and explored the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island.  It was so neat.  The museum is actually housed in original hangars from the area.  It was a great way to end the weekend.  We were so glad that Ashley and Alexis were able to stay a few days extra to see us.

View of the Bowfin, Ford Island bridge, and Honolulu



Ready to watch the informational movie before getting on the boat



Part of the Arizona



All of those that have survived the Arizona and have since passed away





View from the memorial wall





One of the two anchors that are on battleships





A diagram of where the memorial is located in relation
to the ship under water





The parks service guide that answered all of the questions



Entrance to the Arizona Memorial



Bowfin submarine





We tried out the simulators.  Taris would NOT have been proud.



Getting ready to hop into the cockpit





Alexis had a hard time landing.  Fourth time was the charm...sort of




Tractor used on the only privately owned island in Hawaii.  The Robinson
family (the owns...still) tilled the entire island so that it was not able to be
used as a landing area by the enemy.



Plane from the Doolittle Raid





Close up of a plane from the Doolittle Raid





One of the original hangars during the attack has
now been added to the Pacific Aviation Museum



Original gun from one of the ships from battleship row



The blue glass is original glass with original bullet holes from the attack of
Pearl Harbor