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I don't think I realized how much more there was to the memorial. As I looked at the circle wall, it reminded me of seeing the Vietnam War Memorial in DC. Both leave me speechless and teary eyed. for sharing all these pictures.
Signing in to go back and start reading. I have Hawaii on my bucket list. I think we are thinking for our 20th anniversary so I have a few years to go still.
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Well done with the photos and your insight at the Pearl Harbor memorial! It's amazing how much information is displayed at the memorial and is so well done and thorough. I saw everything you did up to this in the TR with the USS Arizona memorial, remembrance circle and memorial circle wall. It is all beyond belief and gives you quite a feeling of the scale of this attack, devastation and loss of life!
As I mentioned to you previously, my uncle was in Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack. He was on a smaller ship in the harbor called the USS Rigel. It received some damage, but luckily my uncle survived and still to this day!
On return from my visit to Hawaii, I gave my uncle a detailed fold out map of Pearl Harbor from that fateful day. It has a lot of great information and a big photo of the harbor and where all the ships were located and their outcome. It's quite an amazing map and I got one for myself as well in the gift shop there.
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Well done with the photos and your insight at the Pearl Harbor memorial! It's amazing how much information is displayed at the memorial and is so well done and thorough. I saw everything you did up to this in the TR with the USS Arizona memorial, remembrance circle and memorial circle wall. It is all beyond belief and gives you quite a feeling of the scale of this attack, devastation and loss of life!
As I mentioned to you previously, my uncle was in Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack. He was on a smaller ship in the harbor called the USS Rigel. It received some damage, but luckily my uncle survived and still to this day!
I remember talking to you about that before our trip and now I fully understand how he must've felt after seeing that.
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On return from my visit to Hawaii, I gave my uncle a detailed fold out map of Pearl Harbor from that fateful day. It has a lot of great information and a big photo of the harbor and where all the ships were located and their outcome. It's quite an amazing map and I got one for myself as well in the gift shop there.
It sounds like the perfect gift for him. I have to confess we didn't see anything like that while we were there.
Hi! Remember me??? I've been away for a while ... reason being - my DH poured a glass of iced tea into my laptop . It's finally all better and I can join in again. I've got quite a lot of reading to catch up --- the takeaway for you folks should be "computers do not get thirsty. Ever."
And now because of your sig pic, I realize we never thought to pull out the tripod for such a shot when at Aulani. I guess we will have to go back to get the shot .
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More great photos from the memorial. There is lots of information I didn't know about Pearl Harbor.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one learning from our visit to the site. I must admit I was guessing that everyone would probably know a lot of this, as obviously this is something we never learnt much about at home.
Hi! Remember me??? I've been away for a while ... reason being - my DH poured a glass of iced tea into my laptop . It's finally all better and I can join in again. I've got quite a lot of reading to catch up --- the takeaway for you folks should be "computers do not get thirsty. Ever."
Oh wow! Glad it's all sorted out now.
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And now because of your sig pic, I realize we never thought to pull out the tripod for such a shot when at Aulani. I guess we will have to go back to get the shot .
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It's amazing how much information is displayed at the memorial and is so well done and thorough. I saw everything you did up to this in the TR with the USS Arizona memorial, remembrance circle and memorial circle wall. It is all beyond belief and gives you quite a feeling of the scale of this attack, devastation and loss of life! 
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I've been away for a while ... reason being - my DH poured a glass of iced tea into my laptop 
. It's finally all better and I can join in again. I've got quite a lot of reading to catch up --- the takeaway for you folks should be "computers do not get thirsty. Ever." 
when at Aulani. I guess we will have to go back to get the shot 
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