How Elvis helped build the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor
On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese hit the U.S. Navy with a decisive surprise attack that they thought would cripple American resolve about joining World War II. Not only were…
44 USS Arizona survivors are interred with their shipmates at Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft struck and sunk the USS Arizona (BB-39) during a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. An armor-piercing bomb penetrated the ship’s deck and detonated in…
This incredible USS Arizona memorial is on American Indian land
In 2007, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of Arizona was gifted an American flag that was flown over the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Community veterans of the…
This is what happened to the 9 battleships at Pearl Harbor
The Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor was meant to deal a knockout blow to the American Pacific Fleet. For all the devastation and tragic loss of life on December…
WATCH: USS Arizona – part museum, part memorial
The USS Arizona was a battleship originally built for the US Navy for use in World War I. Only two of its kind, known as Pennsylvania-class battleships, were ever built….
One of Pearl Harbor’s last survivors dies at age 97
Donald Stratton, who served aboard the USS Arizona when it was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, passed away on Feb. 15, 2020. He was 97 years old.
Divers wore 1940s gear to inter Pearl Harbor survivor on USS Arizona
Pearl Harbor survivor Lauren Bruner was laid to rest aboard the sunken remains of the USS Arizona with the help of two Army divers in diving gear from the period.
Army 7th Dive Detachment Divers SSG Fred Bible and SPC Julio Melendez wore lead …
Seabees salvage parts of the USS Arizona to build memorials
In the aftermath, and from the ashes of Dec. 7, 1941, which propelled the United States into World War II, rose a new call and opportunity to serve in the Navy, the Naval Construction Battalions. Today, they are known as Seabees.
At the time o…