Today is always a special day. I wasn’t around for the first day, but have been for 72 anniversaries. My father, with two infants, enlisted in the Navy. My grandfather, a WWI vet, was in the Corps of Engineers. Various other uncles and aunts fought in different services. And living in Hawaii, every time I visit the Memorial, it brings a flood of emotions.
You cannot look at this wall and not tear up.
The oil still seeps...
The Omega (USS Missouri) from the Alpha (USS Arizona Memorial)