USS Arizona Memorial  
			The Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii is 
			the final resting place for 1102 sailors that died on that fateful 
			day in December, 1941, on the morning of the 7th, when Japanese 
			fighter planes surprised them with a dawn attack. This attack would 
			be the impetus that brought the United States into World War II and 
			was dedicated in 1962. Over one million people visit this site each 
			year to commemorate that tragic event and can only be reached by 
			boat. You will cross the middle of the ship that is sunk under the 
			water, and not be able to touch it, but the visitor center has all 
			the best information about the ship that would become a National 
			Historic Landmark on May 5, 1989. Every vessel that enters the 
			harbor, whether US Navy, Coast Guard or Merchant Marine takes part 
			in an old tradition of "manning the rails", where the ship's 
			personnel will stand at attention along the guard rails of their 
			ship and salute the USS Arizona Memorial as their ship slowly comes 
			into port. Lately, more foreign military ships have begun taking 
			part in this time honored tradition of manning the rails.  
		 
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