15 March 2009
Pearl Harbor Memorial
Posted by hotdog256 under: On this date in Miltary history; history .
On this date (March 15, 1958), a permanent memorial, to be built over the wreck of the Arizona (BB 39) at Pearl Harbor, is authorized by the Congress. Completed on May 30, 1962, it serves as a lasting reminder of the 1,177 men entombed after the battleship was torn apart and sunk by the Japanese air attack on December 7, 1941.
USS Arizona
Pearl Harbor Memorial
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TetVet68 Says:
16 March 2009 at 12:46 am.
Remember Pearl Harbor — Keep America Alert!
America’s oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, living his 100th year is former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman (ACOM), later wartime commissioned Lieutenant John W. Finn, USN (Ret.). He is also the last surviving Medal of Honor, “The Day of Infamy”, Japanese Attack on the Hawaiian Islands, Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941.
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