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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, Navy officials said, a likely prelude to testing Iran's recent warning against sending a U.S. carrier through the Strait of Hormuz. The Lincoln joins the USS Carl Vinson, already in the region, returning the U.S. Navy its standard two-carrier presence there. The carrier USS John Stennis left in the past few days and is now traveling back through the western Pacific. The Lincoln's arrival puts into place all the...Read Full Story
December 7, 1941. The date was forever burned into the memories of an entire generation.
It was the day Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. They arrived without warning, and without a formal declaration of war. What happened next changed the world forever.
Today – December 7, 2011 – we look back and we remember. 70 years later, the attack on Pearl Harbor is still recognized as one of the most notorious and tragic events in American history.
Pearl Harbor In The Morning
It began as a...Read Full Story
The attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands...Read Full Story
The ashes of a Marine who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor were interred inside the USS Arizona on December 23, in fulfillment of his desire to join the comrades he lost on the fateful day that Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States during the Second World War.
An urn with the ashes of Frank Cabiness , who died in Lewisville, Texas nine years ago at the age of 86, were placed by divers inside the sunken battleship USS Arizona. The solemn ceremony included a rifle salute...Read Full Story
Have you ever visited Pearl Harbor and pulled into the parking lot for the USS Arizona Memorial only to discover that there are dozens of tour buses offloading people? I have and what usually happens is that you learn that you have a considerable wait - often an hour or more - to take the tour of the Memorial. In some cases, you learn that no tickets are available at all for the day....Read Full Post
The National Park Service is launching its new reservation program for individuals and groups visiting Pearl Harbor. Starting February 16, 2012, reservations for the USS Arizona Memorial tour will be available online at www.Recreation.gov. The NPS will ...
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