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Sunday, January 26, 2020 The USS Missouri Battleship is moored at a dock on Ford Island. The whole island is a US Military Base. Island access by the general public is forbidden. As a result, visitors should not attempt to drive directly to the battleship. Vehicle access to the island is over the Ford Island … Continue reading Battleship Missouri Memorial
Saturday, January 25, 2020 https://www.kualoa.com/toursactivities/raptor-atv/ https://www.kualoa.com Kualoa Ranch Private Nature Reserve is a 4,000 acre property on Oahu's eastern side near the middle. The ranch is owned and managed by the eighth generation descendants of Dr. Gerritt P. Judd who started the ranch in the 1850's. The property, the size of a mainland National … Continue reading Kualoa Ranch UTV Tour
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