Pearl Harbor

Photo of USS Arizona Memorial

The gleaming white USS Arizona Memorial with the USS Missouri permanently moored in the background at left, the "bookends" of America's involvement in WWII.

Photo of Flag

Photo of USS Arizona Memorial wall

Names of the Sailors and Marines who died on Arizona on December 7, 1941 are engraved on the end wall of the memorial.

Photo of USS Arizona gun mount

Arizon's No. 3 14-inch gun mount.

Photo of submarine

Gato class submarine USS Bowfin.

Photo of submarine torpedo room

Bowfin's aft torpedo room.

Photo of USS Missouri

USS Missouri (BB63) moored at Ford Island.

Photo of USS Missouri guns

Missouri's No. 1 16-inch gun turret. The formal surrender of Japan to end WWII was signed on the deck under the white awning visible above the left top corner of the turret.

Photo of USS Missouri plaque

A glass dome covers a plaque in Missouri's deck where the table was placed for the signing of the formal surrender of Japan, ending WWII.