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What: Flag Raising – Where: Entrance to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center – When: 7:55 am

The national colors, state & 5 branch of service flags will raised by 6 NPS employee’s and supported by Pearl Harbor Survivors. Marine Corps bugler Bryan Rohrer will sound attention at 7:55 am.

What: USS Arizona Bell Ringing – Where: Oahu Court, Pearl Harbor Visitor Center – When: 8:30 am

The bell will be rung 7 times to honor the United States of America, State of Hawaii, US Marine Corps, US Navy, US Army, US Coast Guard & US Army Air Force. the USS Arizona bell is a important artifact from the battleship and was last rung on July 4, 2008.

What: Floral Tributes – Where: USS Arizona Memorial – When: all day

Flower petals will be available for those wishing to pay tribute to all those lost on December 7, 1941.

What: Wreath Laying Ceremony – Where: USS Arizona Memorial, USS Oklahoma Memorial, USS Utah Memorial – When: 8:30 am – 9:30 am

NPS WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument Superintendent Paul DePrey will present a wreath on the USS Arizona Memorial while Chief Historian Daniel Martinez and Chief of Interpretation Eileen Martinez will present wreaths at the USS Oklahoma and USS Utah Memorials on Ford Island.

What: Scale Model Display – Where: Pearl Harbor Visitor Center Education Building Classroom – When: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm

IPMS Scale Model Club will exhibit over 60 meticulously researched and constructed models on Pacific War aircraft, ships and dioramas.

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL TOURS
BOAT TOURS TO THE USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL
WILL BE OPERATING ONLY UNTIL 12:00 ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
AND
WILL NOT BE OPERATING ON:  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AND TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Boat tours to the USS Arizona Memorial will be operating only until 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 7, and will NOT be operating on Monday, November 8 and Tuesday, November 9, due to regularly scheduled maintenance on the USS Arizona Memorial.  However, all other Visitor Center facilities and programs will be open which include:

Visitor Center Book Store: The Bookstore offers visitors a rare opportunity to take home some of the rich history of this place and carries an extensive selection of material and memorabilia documenting the life of the Arizona, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the war that followed.

Audio Tours: For visitors interested in a narrated tour, an audio headset is available for rent at the visitor center front lobby. The one-hour audio tour is narrated by Academy Award winning actor and US Navy WWII veteran Ernest Borgnine and takes visitors to 24 destinations.

Showing of 23-minute Documentary film on the bombing of Pearl Harbor: Shown every 30 minutes in the temporary theater located  at Research and Education Center at the Visitor Center.

About the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
Currently, the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument – Pearl Harbor Visitor Center (formerly known as the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center) is undergoing a $56 million replacement and expansion of its facilities and campus.  The Visitor Center will remain open during the construction period with a grand opening celebration events scheduled for December 5 – 7, 2010.

The Visitor Center is open 7:00 a.m. – 5 p.m. every day except Thanksgiving, December 25 and New Year’s Day, with USS Arizona Memorial program tours beginning every 15 minutes, and the last program starting at 3 p.m. Admission is free and tour tickets are given out on the day of the tour on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning at 7:00 a.m.  Reservations are not accepted.  If you have questions, you can access recorded information at (808) 422-3300. The web site address for the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is www.nps.gov/valr

On October 16, 1940, registration day, over 16 million men sign up to serve. After the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, millions more American men and women swelled the United States’ military ranks, either volunteering to serve or through conscription.

Pacific Historic Parks appreciates all of the men and women who have served our country and those who are still wearing their uniforms proudly with courage, integrity and honor.

Shortly after the end of the war, the National Archives produced an exhibition entitled, “The End of the War in the Pacific: Surrender Documents in Facsimile,” which put on public view for the first time many of the documents related to the Japanese surrender on board the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. Included is the surrender document itself as well as Emperor Hirohito’s imperial rescript, or decree, and credentials of some of the Japanese signatories. Of interest is the photograph showing General Wainwright, the man who surrendered Corregidor to the Japanese, officially opening the exhibition.

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