Postcard - Pearl Habor Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii

珍珠港紀念舘

Photo by John Wagner

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Pearl Harbor is the home of the largest U.S. Navy fleet in the Pacific. On December 7, 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked and destroyed the U.S. forces by surprise and killed almost 2,400 military and civilians, most of them trapped in the USS Arizona (BB-39).

The USS Arizona Memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day 1962 to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor and the men who died defending it. In 1989, the USS Arizona was designated a national historic landmark. Since 1980, the National Park Service has operated the Memorial and the Visitor Center to ensure the preservation and interpretation of the tangible historical resources associated with the attack — including the rich and vivid memories of its survivors. Veterans have always played a key part in maintaining this historic site. In fact, funding for the USS Arizona Memorial is provided in part by the Arizona Memorial Museum Association, a group of Pearl Harbor survivors and others interested in preserving this important legacy.

珍珠港是在太平洋地區美國最大的海軍艦隊總部。在1941年12月7日，遭日本帝國海軍的襲擊並摧毀了措手不及美軍並殺害近2400名軍人和平民，其中大部分被困在亞利桑那號（降B - 39）。

美國海軍亞利桑那紀念館是獻給陣亡將士紀念日，以紀念1962年襲擊珍珠港的罹難者。 1989年，亞利桑那號被指定為國家歷史地標。這座紀念舘建在罹難的上，設計成棺木型與沉在海裏的軍艦呈十字型

References sources :
wikipedia
nps.gov