Pearl Harbor - Day 20
Tuesday, July 1 This morning we got up early again to go to Pearl Harbor. We had heard that if you are in the standby line at 7AM there is a good chance of getting to ride the boat over to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial (the reservations for which sell out months ahead of time). So that’s what we did. We looked at the exhibits while we waited to see if we would get a text back saying we could board the boat. Desmond got his Jr. Ranger packet and started working on it as we explored the exhibits. Bryan got the awaited text message and we made our way over to the line for the boat. We were ushered into the theater for a brief talk covering rules and regulations so that we knew what to expect as we crossed the water in this active military base, and visited the memorial atop the sunken ship. The memorial is well done. You can look at the ship beneath the water, and read the names of those who died. There are a lot of names, and the knowledge that the deceased were entombed ...