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Author: Larry
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Depending on the mission, between 70 and 85 crewmen manned the Bowfin submarine during combat missions in the WWII Pacific Theater. The submarine sank a number of enemy vessels using torpedoes and deck mounted guns. Attacked vessels and convoys often fought back with depth charges and surface weapons (machine guns and … Continue reading USS Bowfin Submarine & Park
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Because half of the lives lost in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on the USS Arizona, the battleship's loss became symbolic of the United States' entry into World War II. In 1962, the USS Arizona Memorial was completed. The memorial was placed over the sunken battleship across the … Continue reading USS Arizona Memorial
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 In 2008, for my fiftieth birthday, I took my brothers, Tom and Rob, to Hawaii. We stayed in Waikiki in a two bedroom condo. Linda and I in one room. Rob and Tom shared the other bedroom. Leaving Linda back at the condo, Rob, Tom and I drove over to Pearl … Continue reading Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Monday, January 20, 2020 The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, the pink hotel on the beach in Waikiki, hosts a weekly, sometimes twice weekly, luau. The two times we have been to this luau, dinner was inside the hotel in a large banquet room with a stage. The only part of the show outside, in both cases, … Continue reading Royal Hawaiian Hotel Aha Aina Luau Show