Moe and I went to Pearl Harbour today while the girls went for some retail therapy!
This is a memorial for the crew of 52 subs that sunk during the war.
We went on the submarine Bowfin for a tour.
This is the bow torpedo section. There were also 14 bunks in this area.
I'm pretty sure that Moe (and I) would have been too tall for the "Silent Service"!
There are 26 bunks in this section. That would sleep 52 seamen (in shifts). And I thought the cabins at Weslemkoon get noisy!!
The main gun above ship.
And the expert gunner!
Can you see the sign to the left of the girl in red? It's in Japanese. Interesting to see Japanese language (and audios) available on an American Sub that was hunting them down during the war. The place is crawling with them.
We also went to the museum. Very interesting.
The main attraction for us was the memorial for the Arizona. Did you know that Elvis donated $64,000 towards the building of it?
993 sailors were burned and drowned in the Arizona when it went down in 6 minutes and remain in the hull to this day.
An additional 150 or so were killed, but did not go down with the ship.
Others who survived have had their ashes put down the 4th turret position hole to rejoin their comrades.
Here's a list of all those that gave the supreme sacrifice.
On our return to our hotel we saw several rainbows in the mountains. They are visible almost every day.
Lynn and I went for a walk and stopped at the mall to watch this excellent group perform. It's hard to tell if you're inside or out outside in some of these malls.
We rejoined Moe and Joe at the Sheraton Outrigger Reef Hotel at the Kani Ka Pila Grille for dinner.
Moe has been waiting to order his favourite, Loco Moco!!
Sean Naauao (the guy in the green shirt) we have been listening to on the Radio all week. Beautiful voices.
More great adventures tomorrow.
Stay tuned.........
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