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SECURITY MEASURES
Strict security measures prohibit all bags and items that offer concealment.
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USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL
The USS Arizona Memorial is the final resting place for many of the battleship's 1,177 crew members who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. The Memorial commemorates the site where World War II began for the United States. Experience history through the national memorial's program tour, museum, and wayside exhibits.
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The Day of Infamy
Visit History & Culture to learn what it was like to be a battleship sailor and how world events unfolded into a world war. Relive December 7, 1941 through survivor's stories, photographs, and historical investigation of the United States' Day of Infamy. |
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Entry into World War II
The United States entered into World War II with the attack on Pearl Harbor. In a view taken from a Japanese aircraft, a plume from a torpedo explosion erupts alongside USS Oklahoma . The USS Arizona was hit by 800 kg bomb moments after this photograph was taken. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center. |
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Mourning the Dead
A relief map of Oahu and the tablets marking the names of those killed in the Pearl Harbor attack are part of a dramatic and poignant exhibit that records the tragic loss of those who gave their lives on December 7, 1941. The Remembrance Exhibit was dedicated at the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center on the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor in December 1991. Photograph courtesy of Bill Dasher. |
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Arizona Revisited
The National Park Service's Submerged Resources Center and USS Arizona Memorial are conducting and coordinating research directed at understanding the nature and rate of natural processes affecting the deterioration of the USS Arizona . Visit the USS Arizona Preservation Project web site for more information. Photograph courtesy of NPS. |
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The Visitor Center is the first stop for visitors planning to tour the Memorial. Located within the Center are: two theaters, a museum, a bookstore, restrooms, limited snack bar, public telephones, and exhibits outlining the Pearl Harbor attack.
When guests enter the Visitor Center, they are asked to line up for a numbered ticket, which provides free admission to the Memorial tour. While waiting for the tour to begin, many visitors tour the Visitor Center and its shoreline exhibits including the museum and Remembrance Circle. When the number that appears on their ticket is called, visitors are asked to assemble at the theater entrance in preparation for the tour to begin. The guided tour* of the USS Arizona Memorial includes a 23-minute documentary film depicting the attack on Pearl Harbor, a short boat trip and a self-guided exploration of the Memorial.
For visitors interested in a narrated tour an audio headset is available for rent at the visitor center front lobby. Join Pearl Harbor Survivors as they remember December 7, 1941 in this one hour audio tour that is narrated by Academy Award winning actor and US Navy WWII veteran Ernest Borgnine. The audio tour takes visitors to 24 destinations and is available in seven languages: English, French , Japanese , Korean, Mandarin, German and Spanish . For more information, click Things to Do above.
Strict security measures prohibit purses, handbags, fanny packs, backpacks, camera bags, diaper bags, luggage and/or other items that offer concealment. Visitors may bring a camera and cam-recorder. A storage facility, operated by a private vendor, is available for visitors coming to the USS Arizona Memorial, USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, the Battleship Missouri and the Pacific Aviation Museum. The facility can be found at the enterance to the USS Bowfin Sumarine Park. There is a nominal storage fee. The storage facility is in operation daily 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Visitors may use the same bag storage and parking stall for all three tours.
Security measures are strictly enforced at all visitor destinations on Pearl Harbor. Federal law enforcement officers and security bike patrols monitor the parking lots. However it is not recommended to secure items of value in your car. Be safe: do not travel with valuables and use the storage locker.
Members of the media should expect to have their equipment checked by NPS Law Enforcement upon arrival and before entering the park. Efforts should be made to minimize gear. All personnel must have media credentials or make the appropriate arrangements with the USS Arizona Memorial public affairs officer before arriving on-site.
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