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InsideDecember 7th Ceremony - Check out photos from the December 7, 2012 ceremony held at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.

Kalaupapa Community Celebrates Canonization of Marianne Cope - Kalaupapa resi-dents and friends celebrated Saint Marianne’s canonization with a mass, luau, and perfor-mance of the play November’s Song.

Pacific Historic Parks Honors Longtime National Park Service Employee - Tom Fake, who recently retired from the National Park Service, played an important role in the construc-tion of the new Pearl Harbor Visitor Center and many projects throughout the Pacific.

Oahu Students Use History to Change the World - WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument partnered with the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i on their “Just Youth: Tak-ing the Lessons of Hawai‘i’s WWII Confinement Sites to Our High Schools” program.

Montford Point Marines in the Marianas Islands - An overview of the role of the Mont-ford Point Marines, an African American unit, in the Mariana Islands campaigns of 1944.

Pearl Harbor Gram - Mal Middlesworth, Editor and Publisher of the Pearl Harbor Gram, remembers his friend and fellow Pearl Harbor Survivior Clyde Ernst.

Elvis Presley Fans Support the USS Arizona Memorial - Elvis Presley fans visited the USS Arizona Memorial this January and donated to restore the iconic monument.

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A U.S. Navy Sailor on the USS Arizona Memorial looks toward the Battleship Missouri Memorial on December 7, 2012.

Front Cover: A U.S. Marine stands guard in front of the USS Arizona Memorial during the December 7, 2012 ceremony.

Back Cover: Military and National Park Service personnel visit pay their respects on the USS Arizona Memorial on December 7, 2012.

PHOTOGRAPHYDonny Chambers Sarah Safranski National Park Service

EDITORSarah Safranski

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Brad L. Wallis, President and CEO, Pacific Historic Parks

A Message from the President: Pacific Historic Parks’ Bookstore Operations 2.0

In the 1920s, the first cooperating associations were formed with the primary purpose of publishing and

selling site-specific books and other materials. Year after year, however, the bookselling trade continues to decline across the board.

Nationwide, non-profit cooperating associations that serve national parks and other public lands, including Pa-cific Historic Parks, are transforming. Their traditional role as booksellers is evolving into a more diverse, specialty-merchandising niche.

For people such as my wife and I, this transition has been a bit difficult. We love the feel and smell of a printed book. Nooks, iPads, and the plethora of other electronic delivery devices seem cold and impersonal to us. The reality, however, is that the way people access information is changing.

Pacific Historic Parks’ primary rev-enue comes from its retail operations. We must be willing to adapt in order to stay relevant within the market and con-tinue providing financial support to the National Park Service.

If we are no longer booksellers, what are we?

In a broad sense, PHP’s purpose is to enhance the visitor experience at the parks we serve, with the ultimate goal of creating intellectual and emotional con-nections between visitors and the parks. In a sense, the goal remains the same; the methodology of how we achieve it, however, is evolving.

This begs the question, how will these changes affect Pacific Historic Parks’ stores?

Theme-related merchandise has long since outstripped books as the primary medium we have to enhance and influ-ence visitor experience at our park sites. Visitors seek items that remind them of their time at the park. In our Pearl Har-bor store, female visitors may gravitate toward Rosie the Riveter or Victory Kiss items, men toward battleships or planes, and visitors from Asia toward symbols of peace and reconciliation. Our prod-uct mix reflects all of the different ways people connect to Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial.

Through the years, Pacific Historic Parks, like many of our sister associa-

tions, has collected anything to do with their park’s educational themes. If it had anything to do with WWII, PHP carried it. Overtime, our locations be-came cluttered with merchandise, too many offerings and too many fixtures. Our outlets were not inviting, especially during busy times of the year.

Recently, we determined that it was time to re-work our presentation at WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Pearl Harbor, our flag-ship outlet. Our first steps were to deter-mine what items were selling well and rework the store to more effectively pres-ent those materials. We also wanted to improve the overall quality of the mate-rials offered.

For example, we are currently develop-ing custom, high-end plane models that were used in the attack on Pearl Harbor. This series will be hand carved out of Philippine mahogany and hand painted to match the actual planes involved in the attack. The series will include mod-els of a P-40 Curtis Warhawk, a Catalina PBY, and an early B-17 as well as a Zero, Kate, and Val aircraft from the Japanese air force. These custom models will only be available at our Pearl Harbor store and on our website, with delivery avail-able to any location worldwide.

To date, we removed more than 800 items from our product mix and six large display fixtures from our store. These changes have dramatically improved cus-

tomer flow within the location and will allow visitors to focus on our top-selling items. All of this will equate to higher sales and larger donations to our park partners.

Many of the items removed from our retail outlet will be sold through our online store, www.pacifichistoricparks-bookstore.org. We have set a goal to be-come the definitive source for all things related to the War in the Pacific and growing our online store offerings will help us achieve this goal.

Moving forward, Pacific Historic Parks will seek to continually improve our retail outlets, offer the highest qual-ity educational materials available, and diversify our product mix to include items that are meaningful to the broad-est possible audience.

Ultimately, more sales equate to more donations in support of our mission. By choosing to purchase from Pacific His-toric Parks, visitors can have the peace of mind that their purchase helps to support the park they are enjoying.

Visitors browse through Pacific Historic Parks’ bookstore at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. The store is currently being reworked to better serve our customers and the National Park Service.

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Pearl Harbor DayDecember 7, 2012

1. View of the USS Arizona Memorial and Battleship Missouri Memorial from the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center on the morning of December 7, 2012. 2. Pearl Harbor Survivor Herb Weatherwax. 3. National Park Service Ranger Alycia Anderson talks with Pearl Harbor Survivor Al Rodrigues before the ceremony. 4. From left to right, Pearl Harbor Survivors Al Rodrigues, Paul Goodyear, Sterling Cale, and Edgar Harrison wait for the Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration to begin. 5. Pearl Harbor Survivor Everett Hyland salutes during the 71st Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration on Dec. 7, 2012, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 6. The U.S. Pacific Command Joint Service Color Guard parades the colors. 7. The 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard and 19th Fighter Squadron, USAF perform the missing man flyover.8. The USS Tucson (SSN 770) conducts a pass-in-review.9. Admiral Cecil Haney, USN, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, addresses the crowd.10. U.S. Marines stand guard in the USS Arizona Memorial Shrine Room. 11. U.S. Navy personnel perform a flag folding presentation during the interment of Wallace F. Quillin aboard the USS Arizona.12. National Park Service divers hold the remains of USS Arizona Survivor Wallace F. Quillin above the water during an interment ceremony held on December 7, 2012.13. Pearl Harbor Survivor Lou Conter presents a wreath on the USS Arizona Memorial in honor of the USS Arizona Reunion Association.14. U.S. Navy personnel line the walkway to the entrance of the USS Arizona Memorial.15. The U.S. Marine rifle detail renders a 21-gun salute.

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Anna Megan Borthwick, Master’s Degree Candidate, University of Oregon

Interpreting the Darker Chapters of Our History

Heritage sites that gain national sig-nificance due to tragic events often

have complex and in-depth histories. National Parks such as WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument and Kalaupapa National Historical Park invoke strong emotions in visitors and staff alike. A visit to either of these parks serves as a reminder of the adversities and horrific events people have had to overcome. Due to the importance of these sites to our national history, maintaining authenticity and respect in interpretation must remain a prior-ity. In identifying interpretive needs and challenges, many academic fields can provide guidance, including the field of dark tourism.

The field of dark tourism is defined by the Institute for Dark Tourism Re-search as the travel to sites of death, disaster, or the seemingly macabre. This can include travel to a wide variety of sites within the Park Service. The field of study, established in the 1990s with the publication of John Lennon and Malcolm Foley’s text The Darker Side of Travel: The Attraction of Death and Disas-ter, explores visitor motivation and the nature of dark tourism sites. Lennon and Foley categorize a dark tourism site as a heritage site at which a tragic event took place within the last century, has the potential to cause anxiety about mo-dernity, and the potential for political implications. The terminology of dark

tourism refers to the field of study, and does not suggest that the site itself is “dark.” In fact, dark tourism sites tell stories of humans overcoming adversity, such as the heroic response of the Amer-ican military men on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor.

Due to the complexity of dark tour-ism sites, a number of interpretive chal-lenges must be addressed by the land management agency. In the case of dark tourism sites within the Park Service, the interpretation and education divi-sion of a given park must address these challenges to convey the significance of the site to the public. Each dark tour-ism site has a unique story to convey, but all sites share similar interpretive challenges including accessibility issues, maintaining respectful visitor behavior, political implications, multiple stake-holders, and a multilayered history.

Sites within the Park Service utilize different interpretive methods to pro-grammatically address these challenges, creating a variety of tools that can be used at dark tourism sites. A visit to WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument reveals the manner in which Park Service staff work with visitors to ensure that each visitor has the chance to experience the Park’s story, while working to maintain a standard fitting to the events that took place at this site.

Visitors can walk through the ex-hibit galleries “Road to War” and “At-

tack” before or after the boat ride to the USS Arizona Memorial. These galleries provide a context for the attack which covers the political and social pressures leading to war, while allowing visitors to connect with survivor stories through multimedia including recordings and video of interviews with a number of Japanese and American military, as well as civilian witnesses. Furthermore, all visitors must watch a video explaining the events of December 7, 1941 and their significance before departing on the boat for the Memorial. Park staff explicitly explain to visitors the appro-priate behavior that must be observed at the Memorial in order to maintain respect for those who lost their lives on that infamous day.

Pearl Harbor is just one example of the numerous dark tourism sites in Ha-waii and the United States. Due to their significance, many dark tourism sites experience a high volume of visitors making interpretation a priority. Char-acterized by emotional and complex backgrounds, the interpretation at dark tourism sites must be given special con-sideration in confronting the challenges of accessibility, maintaining respectful visitor behavior, political implications, multiple stakeholders, and a multilay-ered history. The staff at WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument set an example in how to confront such chal-lenges.

Sequester’s Effects on USS Arizona Memorial Tours

Due to sequestration budget impacts, the National Park Service at WWII

Valor in the Pacific National Monument at the USS Arizona Memorial will delay filling key positions in visitor services. This will have an immediate impact on the hours of operation at the Pearl Har-bor Visitor Center and the number of tours offered daily to the USS Arizona Memorial.

Effective Wednesday March 6, 2013, the last public tour to the USS Arizona Memorial will be offered at 1:00 pm as opposed to 3:00 pm. Regular program tours to the USS Arizona Memorial will take place from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm and

daily tickets remain available for those time frames on Recreation.gov in addi-tion to tickets that are available for walk-in visitors on site.

The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center hours of operation will be between 7:00 am to 4:30 pm as opposed to 5:00 pm. The bookstore, snack shop, museums and audio tours remain available dur-ing Visitor Center hours. Access to the USS Bowfin Submarine, Pacific Avia-tion Museum and the USS Missouri Memorial will not be impacted. Please take this opportunity to take advantage of the Passport to Pearl Harbor through Recreation.gov

National Park Service Press Release

Ferry boats using clean fuel technology shuttle passengers between the Pearl Harbor Visitors Center and the USS Arizona Memorial. The U.S. Navy operates the boats, which transport more than 1.5 mil-lion people a year. (U.S. Navy Photograph by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

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Sarah Safranski, Communications & Publications Manager, Pacific Historic Parks

Kalaupapa Community Celebrates Canonization of Marianne Cope

This January, Kalaupapa residents and friends gathered at the national

historical park to celebrate the canon-ization of Saint Marianne Cope.

Saint Marianne, a Catholic nun who was part of the Sisters of Saint Fran-cis, served the Kalaupapa community for 30 years and was canonized by the church on October 21, 2012. During her time at Kalaupapa, Cope cared for those afflicted with Hansen’s Disease with kindness, patience and grace.

The one-day celebration kicked off with hula and an outdoor Catholic mass held in front of the Bishop Home for Girls, where Saint Marianne was the superintendent. The mass was con-ducted by Most Reverend Larry Silva, Bishop of Honolulu.

Catholic priests from throughout the world were present for the mass, in-cluding a representative from Syracuse, New York, Saint Marianne’s home state. Live music throughout the mass was performed by Iolani Hawaii Suzuki Strings Tour Group and St. John Vian-ney Choir Na Wahine o Kalawao.

After mass, residents and visitors were invited to explore the new Nation-al Park Service exhibits on Saint Mari-anne’s life and work in McVeigh Hall. The exhibits included historic images of Saint Marianne and outlined her work in Kalaupapa and throughout the Hawaiian islands.

A traditional luau lunch of pulled pork, taro, rice, and other Hawaiian foods was served from McVeigh Pool Hall.

Following lunch, visitors were invited to watch a performance of November’s Song, which told the story of Saint Mari-anne’s life from her time in New York to her eventual move to Hawaii and Ka-laupapa.

Pacific Historic Parks proudly sup-ported the National Park Service by providing funds for the event and the new exhibits.

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1. Hula dancers perform at Kalaupapa National Historical Park to celebrate the canonization of Saint Marianne Cope.2. Most Reverend Larry Silva, Bishop of Honolulu, speaks during mass at Kalaupapa National Historical Park. 3. Priests from around the world flew to Kalaupapa to cel-ebrate the canonization of Saint Marianne Cope. 4. Visitors explore the new National Park Service exhibits. 5. Actress Eva Andrade portrayed Saint Marianne in the play November’s Song.

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Pacific Historic Parks Honors Longtime National Park Service EmployeeSarah Safranski, Publications & Communications Manager, Pacific Historic Parks

After a successful career that included overseeing the planning and man-

agement of the construction of the new Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, Tom Fake retired from the National Park Service this year after 40 years of service.

Pacific Historic Parks recognized Fake’s outstanding career and his con-tributions to National Parks throughout the Pacific by presenting him with a certificate at a recent board of directors meeting, thanking him for his leader-ship and service.

Tell us a bit about yourself and your career with the National Park Service.

I graduated from Syracuse University. and State University of New York Col-lege of Environmental Science and For-estry. As part of one of the semesters that I took—it was a five-year curriculum in landscape architecture—I worked for the National Park Service during one whole semester as part of a work-study program. That was in Denver. Then, when I graduated the next year in June, I looked around for jobs and decided to go with the National Park Service.

My first Park Service job was in Den-ver. I worked for the Denver Service Center, which was a major design and construction center for the Park Ser-vice. I got to work at Grand Canyon for a whole summer as a seasonal ranger. They took me away from being a land-scape architect and said, “Well, we want you to learn what it’s like to work in a National Park, to give you a broad ex-perience.” I worked two weeks in the maintenance division, two weeks in the ranger division, and two weeks in the in-terpretive division, where they actually work with visitors at the visitor center. Then, for the next four to six weeks, I actually worked at the bottom of the Grand Canyon at the Phantom Ranch. I was the lead ranger for about two weeks, which was total immersion in dealing with visitors and dealing with things like accidents and those kinds of things.

When did you start working at Pearl Harbor?

I started in 1977. I moved from Den-ver to Honolulu and it was sort of on a whim because they told me I could re-

turn back to the mainland in two years if I didn’t like Hawaii. Of course, two years came and went and I still loved Hawaii so I stayed, which is not true for everyone.

Shortly after I moved, discussions began about adding the USS Arizona Memorial tour to the National Park Service. Up until then, the Navy was running the tour and it was pretty unex-citing. The Navy would pick you up by boat on the other side of Halawa Stream and just take you out to the Memorial. There was no interpretation, no instruc-tion whatsoever.

One of my early bosses—his name was Bob Barell—worked with the Navy and came up with an idea to have the National Park Service participate in the storytelling part of the tour. Then, a short time later, there was an appro-priation made for a visitor center on the opposite side of Halawa Stream, where the current theaters are now. Back in 1980, I think the total budget was about $4.5 million so it was an inexpensive project, but probably expensive at the time.

I was the project manager for the 1980 visitor center project for the Na-tional Park Service, even though the Navy was the actual contracting office. The National Park Service was going to have offices there, theaters, and the in-terpretation. I worked on the sizing of the theaters and a lot of aspects of the construction.

You were also involved in the construc-tion of the new visitor center.

Right. I did a lot of work in the Pacific for the National Park Service. I helped design and build the visitor centers in American Memorial Park, Guam, and Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site. I was involved in a lot of projects at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and other parks. I was pretty busy working throughout the Pacific.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 2004 or 2005, we started really looking at a major renovation to the visitor cen-ter. You know when you’re looking at that much renovation to a building, it almost gets to the point where it’s cheap-er to actually start over. That’s when we started looking at a major funding effort

and a major construction effort. Pacific Historic Parks became in-

volved in fundraising around that time. Celebrities also got involved, encourag-ing people to send money and donate to the new visitor center. During that time, I was actively involved in meetings and things for the new visitor center and they decided that one person from the Park Service should be the lead person. They were looking around for someone who wanted to do it and no one was raising their hand right away because of the tre-mendous amount of effort. I was asked and agreed to take on the position.

I was appointed to the project direc-tor position. It was a little bit more than project manager. They wanted someone to be the overall Park Service manager for the entire project. That’s what, theo-retically, I volunteered for.

I knew from past experience that you needed to have some kind of author-ity to actually make decisions. In the Park Service, this authority comes from what’s called the incident command sys-tem. When there’s an emergency, you give authority to one person to make de-cisions, right or wrong. I actually asked for that authority from the regional di-rector of the Park Service in San Fran-cisco. He was actively involved in the project and I guess, because he trusted me, he agreed. In effect, I had authority to make decisions on the project for the National Park Service at any time, and I had that in writing!

What kind of obstacles did you face in building the new visitor center?

We hired an architect through the Na-vy’s architectural engineering services and it was a competition, really. There were a number of architect firms that were solicited to put in a proposal. We selected the Portico Group from Seattle. They had done a few jobs similar to this before and their presentation was excel-lent.

The 1980 visitor center was built on structural piers. The piers were allowed to actually fall into the ground. Peri-odically, we would raise the building by putting jacks underneath and putting shims underneath these piers. They were actually moveable. Well, that was the best choice they could make back in

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1980 for this building because the soil underneath is so poor. There wasn’t any soil or land where the visitor center is now in 1941. The land was created by filling in a portion of the harbor.

Because they had built this peninsula essentially and it was all dredge material, it was extremely poor material to con-struct a building on. The first question for the new visitor center was, what do we do as far as structure for the build-ing? They decided that the best thing to do would be to drive piles down into the ground and then build on top of the structural piles.

Each pile was designed to be 210 feet long, which meant each section was 70 feet and three piles made it 210 feet. They had put in more than 250 of these individual piles. Structural girders made out of concrete were put on top of each pile. The slab was put on top of that.

Of course you can imagine the ex-pense of doing all of that. Before you could even see the building rise, you had to do a tremendous amount of ex-pensive work underground. I remem-ber, I mean it was so gratifying, when the very last pile was driven. Even Por-tico Group was thankful because it was boom, boom, boom all day long for months and months.

Another challenge was that we wanted to have some visitor experience during the entire time. There was only about a two or three week period when we physically could not allow boats to land because we had to replace the entire dock. It was almost impossible. We put the dock on piles this time. We drilled four piles right next to the dock. It was nearly impossible to have visitors going in there at the same time as a barge with a pile-driving hammer.

Were there any other challenges?

When we first started working on the project, there were three major players: the Arizona Memorial Museum Asso-ciation (now, Pacific Historic Parks), the Park Service, and the Navy.

The Navy became involved because in 2007, we were still part of the Navy. The property under which the visitor center sits, if you look at property records, it simply says it is owned by the United States of America, which is everybody,

right? It’s not the Navy; it’s not the Park Service.

The important part is what’s called the manage-ment authority—who is actu-ally designated in the federal government to manage that property. Usually if you have a national park, it’s managed by the Department of the In-terior, National Park Service. If it’s Navy-managed property, then of course it goes under the Department of Defense.

That property in 2007 was Navy-managed property. We had to follow all of the Navy regulations as far as construc-tion, etc. One of the things that they have is anti-terror-ism force protection, which basically means that the visitor center had to be built with offsets from the parking lot of a certain distance. So, you’ll see that the closest a vehicle can get that’s not checked in by security is at least 140 feet. That was one of the challenges we had to face.

On December 5, 2008, a proclama-tion made the entire area World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monu-ment. That was a designation by Presi-dent Bush and that changed the land-scape quite a bit for us because now the National Park Service managed the land. We were in charge. Since the Navy contract was already moving forward, we let that go. The construction had al-ready started or it was well on its way. Had that happened maybe a year earlier, it would have been Park Service con-tracting rather than Navy contracting. The federal contracting rules are pretty much the same for both groups, but we would have had our own contracting of-ficers running the program.

The Navy put $20 million into the program. The Park Service had approxi-mately $10 million and the remainder became PHP’s responsibility. The chal-lenge was kind of always chasing a bud-get and at the same time having enough money to complete the project. The initial construction amount was about $33 million, but that’s only part of the story. You still need construction man-agement, contingency amounts, other funds so that you can keep the project

going because you know that there’s al-ways going to be some changes. Those changes require additional funding. You don’t want to be chasing funding every time there’s a little change.

How do you think the new visitor cen-ter better serves visitors?

It’s much bigger as far as capacity. We spread things out quite a bit.

The restroom capacity is much great-er. We spread them throughout the entire facility so that there are very few lines, even at the women’s restroom. It also gives the park staff the ability to close down a restroom and clean it with-out impacting the rest of the restrooms.

The ticketing is much more efficient. There is one central place to pick them up. We used to have these long, long lines and they would actually make a curly Q, almost like a question mark. We’ve pretty much eliminated lines. On a few summer days people will have to stand in line or if a large number of tour companies show up at once, but we’ve certainly tried to eliminate the lines.

The museums are much better orga-nized and, I think, much more infor-mative. They go through a nice, logical sequence of the build up of the war and a calming effect in between where the Oahu court is and then going into the actual attack gallery where the story of the attack is told.

Longtime National Park Service employee Tom Fake at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.

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What if teenagers not only cared about history, but were inspired

to take its lessons and transform them into actionable service for the world to-day?

That’s the question we asked when working with the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i (JCCH) to develop the “Just Youth” program for the 2012-2013 school year.

JCCH “Just Youth” ProgramIn 2012, JCCH unveiled its new grant program “Just Youth: Taking the Les-sons of Hawai‘i’s WWII Confinement Sites to Our High Schools.” Funded by the Japanese American Confine-ment Sites Grant Program through the National Park Service, the goal of the “Just Youth” program is to engage stu-dents and teachers through classroom outreach, hands-on site tours, and civic engagement projects. In short, we want-ed to inspire students to use history to change the world.

Original plans included visits to Hon-ouliuli internment site, although JCCH soon realized the outreach could be ex-panded to Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial through a partner-ship with WWII Valor in the Pacific Na-tional Monument. The JCCH and the NPS at Pearl Harbor have successfully partnered several times in the past. We continually look for ways to reinforce our partnership. This seemed like a perfect opportunity! Half of the schools would visit Honouliuli, and the other half would visit Pearl Harbor. The Student ExperienceThroughout January and February, each

of the five “Pearl Harbor” schools was visited by NPS staff. They learned about the “Just Youth” program and how their field trip would not just be about histo-ry, but about taking action. More than 300 students were briefed on their im-portant role in this program.

Once at the visitor center, students were split into three groups, based on themes to inspire their service proj-

ects. One group focused on so-cial justice, one group focused on historic preser-vation, and one group focused on conflict over re-sources. Groups were pointed to particular exhib-its throughout the site to gather information and inspiration.

Each school spent about 30-45 minutes gather-ing ideas before

taking the 75-minute tour of the USS Arizona Memorial. Once back at the visitor center, students ate lunch and fueled up for productive brainstorming sessions. Each group was given a marker and poster to record ideas related to their assigned theme. The charts were divided so students could list both les-sons learned and potential service/ac-tion projects moving forward.

The students came up with some great ideas. Potential projects included a new student welcoming program, a multicultural fair, and a “New Friend Friday” lunch at school, where students sit by someone new. Bullying prevention was another popular topic.

Students who focused on conflict over resources were inspired to take ac-tion as well. Ideas included recycling drives, fundraisers for fresh water wells, food drives, and education programs about clean energy.

The historic preservation groups fo-cused on cleaning up local beaches and parks, preserving oral histories of those in the community, and raising funds to help maintain the USS Arizona Memori-al and other beloved sites around Oahu and the United States.

Once their site visits were complete,

students headed back to their schools, armed with a host of great ideas. The tough part will be narrowing them down and deciding which projects to implement. Each school has been given $400 to divide among the student proj-ect teams. Students will keep compre-hensive records of how the funds are used, learning about responsible record-keeping and business planning along the way.

At the time of writing, students are hard at work making action plans for the month of March, gleaning lessons from the past to inspire change in the present and future.

Culminating EventThe culmination of this program will be a public event on April 13 in the JCCH Manoa Grand Ballroom. At this event, students have the opportunity to pres-ent their projects and reflect upon their experiences. One group will be selected from each school to showcase their proj-ect idea to a panel of judges to earn ad-ditional funding to continue their proj-ect beyond this spring semester.

While only 13 groups will officially be showcased as the “winners” on April 13, it’s safe to say that this program was a “win” for more than just the high school students of Oahu. The ideas, inspira-tion, and action stemming from this program have proven that they are much more than “just” youth.

Mahalo To Our Participating Schools!Pearl Harbor

Aiea High SchoolWaianae High SchoolDamien Memorial SchoolHanalani SchoolsKailua High School

Honouliuli Internment SiteMid-Pacific InstitutePacific Buddhist AcademyCampbell High SchoolNanakuli High & Intermediate SchoolSt. Andrew’s PrioryKamehameha SchoolLeilehua High SchoolSacred Hearts Academy

Nikki Elledge Brown, Park Ranger, WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument, National Park Service

Oahu Students Use History to Change the World

Students from Damien Memorial School brainstorm ideas for their service projects. Photographer: Joshua Paragoso.

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Montford Point Marines in the Mariana IslandsJames Oelke, Cultural Resources Program Manager, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, National Park Service

War in the Pacific National Histori-cal Park on the island of Guam

began holding monthly Curator’s Cor-ner presentations several years ago. These presentations consist of a history lesson after which members of the pub-lic are allowed to see some of our 16,000 artifacts up close.

A recent Curator’s Corner, part of Black History Month, examined the United States Marine Corps Montford Point boot camp graduates and their participation in the Mariana Islands campaigns of 1944.

Montford Point, a facility at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, became a segregated garrison and basic training camp for African American Marines. In April 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt directed Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox to change the naval ser-vice, including the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, by accepting African American volunteers.

When WWII began, there were no African American Marines. The reasons for this went as far back as the Marine Corps itself. In 1797, a naval act put forth by Congress called for the use of Marines aboard naval vessels, yet a Ma-rine Corps did not exist as it had been disbanded 12 years earlier. In establish-ing enlistment standards for these new Marines, then Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert insisted that “No Negro, Mulatto, or Indian could join…” This policy continued unchanged and unchallenged until Roosevelt’s presi-dency.

The desegregation order was not ini-tially welcomed by the Marine Corps. The country was divided by color. Afri-can Americans were at the back of the bus, in the balcony of the theater, and in their own restaurants and churches. There were “colored” fountains to drink from and restrooms to use. “Pub-lic” parks were behind signs that said “Whites Only.” When ordered by the president, the Marine Corps adhered to the directive to enlist African Ameri-cans, yet they were determined to decide where to place them.

The Marine Corps set out to limit the military occupations that African Amer-icans could hold and the type of units in which they could serve. Approximately 19,000 African Americans served in the Marine Corps during WWII, with more than 11,000 serving in the Pacific in

units such as the 51st and 52nd Defense Battalions, the Stewards Branch (cooks and attendants for white officers), and Ammunition and Depot Companies. It would be November of 1942 before the first African American Marines com-pleted boot camp and earned the right to don the eagle, globe and anchor or to wear the dress blue uniform (which at $54 was a considerable outlay).

Initially, the men were trained to act as members of a defense battalion. A de-fense battalion was a 900-man unit that could operate coastal defense batteries, anti-aircraft weapons, searchlights and heavy machine guns to protect a forward deployed base against attack. These were combat units and yet, anytime a billet arose that could be filled by an African American Marine, they were taken from these battalions. Eventually the 51st Defense Battalion, down 400 men who had been transferred to the newly-orga-nized 52nd Defense Battalion, would transfer overseas in February 1944. They were sent to Nanomea, Funafuti, and nearby Nukufetau in the Ellice Is-lands for six months before moving up to defend Eniwetok Atoll and later still to Kwajelein Atoll. It is not believed that they ever fired their guns at a single Japa-nese plane; they had been relegated to the “backwaters” of the war.

Guadalcanal was the turning point that eventually led to African Ameri-cans being on the front. What would the Marines do with the anticipated (and required) large number of African American draftees? Where could they be placed so they wouldn’t mix with white units? One lesson learned from the hard fought battle at Guadalcanal was that the off-loading of ships in an amphibi-ous assault required strong capable men and men that understood what a Marine unit needed and when to get it to them. The Marine Corps immediately created Depot Companies of approximately 110 African American men to serve as labor troops. These units deployed to Pacific in April 1943—first to Noumea, New Caledonia; and then on to Guadalca-nal. Although they received little weap-ons training, they quickly proved their logistical worth and requests were soon sent for more depot companies.

Upper echelon Marine Corps brass also identified the need for ammuni-tion and explosives handling. Marine Ammunition Companies were trained to safely load, unload, sort, stack, and guard all types of ammunition. During assaults, these ammunition companies would land soon after the first waves. It was dangerous, difficult work yet critical in the movement of ammunition from ship hold to rifle and gun.

It was June 15, 1944 when the Mari-anas campaign began with an amphibi-ous assault of Saipan; the depot compa-nies and the ammunition companies landed on the first day of the invasion. One platoon of the 18th Company ar-rived at its assigned beach less than three hours after the first wave. The 18th and 20th Marine Depot Companies landed with the 4th Marine Division south of Chalan Kanoa and the 19th Company landed with the 2nd Marine Division just north of the same village. Private Kenneth J. Tibbs suffered fatal wounds and died that very day, becoming the first African American Marine killed in combat during the war. Commandant of the Marine Corps Lieutenant Gen-eral Alexander Vandegrift noted, “The Negro Marines are no longer on trial. They are Marines, period.” Elements of all of these units would see action on Ti-nian when that island was invaded from Saipan on July 24, 1944.

On Guam on July 21, 1944, three platoons of the 2nd Marine Ammuni-

Private Luther Woodard examining his Bronze Star received “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity” on the island of Guam. The award was later upgraded to the Silver Star, the third highest military decoration for valor in the United States Armed Forces. USMC Photo.

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Interview with Oliver Carter, Montford Point MarineAmanda Carona, Staff Historian, WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument, National Park Service

During WWII, African Americans fought two very different battles.

One was against a distance enemy that threatened the freedoms of the United States. The other was a personal battle against the country for which they were willing to risk risk their lives. Civil rights for these citizens was still years away; however, African Americans continued to fight for the freedoms that they didn’t always experience on the homefront.

The Montford Point Marines, an Af-rican American unit, made one of the biggest contributions to the war effort. This unit consisted of men from across the United States and they participated in the island-hopping campaign in the Pacific Theater. They were trained and operated in segregated units, but their courage and tenacity eventually led to the desegregation of the military in 1948.

In 2012, the United States Congress awarded the living Montford Point vet-erans the congressional gold medal at a ceremony in Washington D.C. One of the Montford Marines honored was Oliver Carter. Mr. Carter worked in the defense industry during the first year of the war and joined the Marines in 1943. He went on to participate in the inva-sions of Saipan and Okinawa.

Below is a portion of an oral history interview that was conducted by Daniel Martinez, NPS Historian at WWII Val-or in the Pacific National Monument in 2012.

Oliver Carter (OC): I wanted to go into the Army, but that month the Army had its quota. This was in ’43. They told me I had to go into the Navy. And I said, “Well I don’t particularly want to go into the Navy. I’m not refusing to go into the Navy, but I don’t particularly want to go into the Navy.”

And he asked me why. Well, at that time, the service was still segregated and I didn’t want to go into the stew-ard branch. That was basically the only thing they had for blacks in those days --the steward branch, even though the Great Lakes had just been opened up and they was supposed to be opened up to train blacks to be boatswain mates and train them how to operate a ship. Anyway, I said, “I’m not refusing to go into the Navy.”

So, about that time, a big Marine sit-

ting in the corner there recruited me to go to the Marine Corps. I had never seen a black Marine in my life. But any-way, he said, “How’d you like to go to Marine Corps?”

And I said, “Well anything except the Navy.”

So the Navy discharged me right there on the spot and the next morning I was sworn in downtown in San Antonio to the Marine Corps.

Daniel Martinez (DM): Did you know what the Marine Corps was?

OC: No, I didn’t even know what the Marine Corps was. Like I said, I had never seen a black Marine. I’d seen a white Marine, but I’d never seen a black Marine.

DM: That’s because there were none.

Oliver Carter, a for-mer member of the Montford Point Ma-rines, participated in an oral history interview withr e p r e s e n a t i v e s from the National Park Service in 2012.

tion Company supported the 3rd Ma-rine Division when they assaulted the beaches of Asan. The 4th Ammunition Company and one platoon of the 2nd assisted the 1st Provisional Marine Bri-gade during their invasion across the southern beachhead in the village of Agat. African American Marines killed 14 explosives-laden infiltrators in the 4th Ammunition Company’s ammuni-tion dump perimeter at no loss to them-selves in the first night alone.

Elements of the 4th Marine Ammu-nition Company were left as part of the mop-up activities on Guam. One member of this company, Private First Class Luther Woodard, came across fresh footprints near the ammunition

dump and followed them to a hut where a half-dozen Japanese had taken refuge. He opened fire, killing one, wounding another, and scattering the rest. He went back to get more Marines from his company and then set out to get the rest of the Japanese stragglers. He killed an-other soldier in this second fight and his friends were able to kill another. Wood-ard’s actions earned him a Bronze Star for heroism, later upgraded to the more prestigious Silver Star.

The 52nd Defense battalion arrived in Guam in March 1945 after defending Majuro. Sergeant Major Gilbert “Hash-mark” Johnson, one of the first African American drill instructors, asked that black Marines be assigned to combat

patrols, from which they were then ex-empt. Once approved, he personally led combat patrols searching the jungles for Japanese stragglers.

After the Mariana Island campaigns, the Montford Point Marines had prov-en their ability and value to the Corps beyond doubt. While integration into non-African American units wouldn’t occur in force until the Korean War, the efforts of these first African American Marine Corps units showed it was just a matter of time. All Montford Point graduates were recognized in 2011 with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal and the camp itself was renamed Camp Gilbert H. Johnson in 1974.

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OC: There were none, yeah.

DM: So you enlist in the Marine Corps because, as I understand it, you just didn’t want to go into the Navy and be a steward.

OC: Yeah. I knew a little about the Ma-rines. You know, I knew they were fight-ing in the area.

OC: If I remember right, the first blacks went into the Marine Corps in July of 1942. I went in September 1943. By that time, about 14 months later, they had got rid of all the white drill instructors, general instructors. In fact, the head-quarters had told the Marine Corps--Colonel Woods was the camp com-mander at Montford Point--they had told him, “Get rid of the white drill in-structors as soon as possible. As soon as you complete a platoon, if you see some guys that show leadership that seem qualified to make drill instructors, make them general instructors. Promote them to corporals, but don’t promote them over the white guys. Promote them up equal to the white guys.”

By the time I got there, all the guys were black. There was a good guy by the name of Sergeant Ingram. He was

from Philadelphia. He was in charge of the recruiting area. The recruiting area, at that time still had them old CC bar-racks. Montford Point was an old CC camp and they still had barracks. Six-teen men to a barrack.

DM: So they’re fairly small barracks then?

OC: Only 16 men to the old wooden barracks. It was CC camp and he would come out in the morning looking like he’d stayed up all night drinking, but he’d come out in the morning and in-spect the troops.

And a guy by the name of Sergeant Huff did a year or so in the Army. He was a field sergeant. He had made field sergeant major and he was in charge of the whole operation.

When I went to the rifle range, there was a sergeant out there by the name of Hashmark Johnson and, at that time, I didn’t know anybody named Hashmark in the military. He did his thing in the Army and, after he got into the Army, he joined the Navy. In 1942, when he found out that blacks were going to be able to join the Marines, he wrote to the secretary of the Navy, Secretary Knox, and asked if he could be released from the Navy and volunteer and go into the

Marines. Knox granted him his wish. So we had three Hashmarks, and he was called Hashmark Johnson.

DM: And he was African American?

OC: He was African American, yeah. DM: That’s amazing. What kind of guy was he?

OC: He was just a guy. He stayed in the Marine Corps and he retired. They have considered him sort of a statesman for the Marine Corps. Montford Point Camp was a little camp just for blacks; that’s where all the blacks took their training there.

DM: How many men were there when you were there?

OC: I don’t know. I don’t really know. DM: Hundreds?

OC: Oh yeah, it was more than that. There was probably 3,000 or 4,000.

If you would like more information about the Montford Point Marines or our oral history collection, please con-tact NPS Staff Historian Amanda Caro-na at [email protected].

PHP Negotiating with the State of Hawaii to Operate Sales Kiosk at Diamond Head State Monument

Pacific Historic Parks announced today that the Board of the Division of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Ha-

waii unanimously authorized their Board Chair to negotiate a three year lease proposal with PHP to operate an educational sales kiosk at Diamond Head State Monument.

Pacific Historic Parks will be in continued negotiations with the State of Hawaii to finalize operating agreements between the two parties. If approved, PHP will utilize an existing kiosk at Diamond Head State Monument to provide visitors with high quality, educational materials regarding the natural and cultural history of the location.

“We are pleased to be working with the State of Hawaii to-wards the goal of enhancing visitor experience at Diamond Head State Monument, one of the most iconic geographic fea-tures on the island,” said Brad Wallis, President and CEO, Pacific Historic Parks.

Pacific Historic Parks hopes to have an operational sales out-let at the site by late spring 2013.

PHP Press Release

Iconic Diamond Head State Monument on Oahu.

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Pearl Harbor GramOUR MOTTO: REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR – KEEP AMERICA ALERT!

It has been one year since the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association ceased

its formal operation. We are no longer a 501(c) corporation in the State of Mis-souri.

We still, however, have an informal af-filiation with the Veterans Service Orga-nization of the Department of Veterans Affairs and can keep you advised of VA programs that apply to us.

I am pleased to note that many of our former chapters have continued to func-tion as active social organizations con-sisting of Survivors, spouses, widows, Sons and Daughters, and friends, many of which were associate members.

A function of continuing importance is the tracking of our current mem-bership. PHP tracks the deaths of our members through the receipt of Death

Notices. These notices can be sent di-rectly to:

Sarah Safranski, Publications and Communications Manager

94-1187 Ka Uka BlvdWaipahu, HI, 96797

She will publish the notices and George Bennett, Mal Middlesworth, and I will post them to our master ros-ters to maintain a count of our remain-ing membership. We get many requests for information on the status of our Survivors from organizations who wish to include PHSA members in various honors programs.

Many of our members are still speak-ing to schools, social, and community groups and others who have an interest

in the events of December 7, 1941. In addition, many of our chapters

have established memorials in their lo-cal areas. The future maintenance of these memorials becomes an issue as we age and can no longer supply the servic-es they need. The Izaak Walton League of America has been very gracious in ful-filling this need. Contact them via their website at www.iwla.org.

Our membership is also interested in what is going on with the former PHSA chapters. Mal Middlesworth, our former Editor of the Gram, has volunteered to be the point of contact to which you can address your notes. He will forward them on to PHP for inclusion in Re-membrance.

We are still active and we want to make that known.

William H. Muehleib, PHSA President Emeritus, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association

A Letter From the President Emeritus

One of the most interesting and col-orful Pearl Harbor Survivors I ever

met was Commander Clyde Ernst, a member of PHSA Chapter 21 in Palm Springs, California. He stated “The U.S. Navy started feeding me during the Christmas holidays in 1926 at the recruiting station in Los Angeles. I went through boot training in San Diego and was chosen honor man of my company.”

In 1930 he was promoted to Shipfit-ter 1st Class and transferred to deep-sea diving school in Washington D.C. In December of 1933 he was certified by the Navy Department that he had satisfactorily completed the prescribed course of study at the Deep Sea Diving School, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. with an average mark of 3.80, and depth reached of 300 feet. He made many dives of over 200 feet searching for tor-pedoes.

He was promoted to Warrant Officer in 1936 after serving on the Dobbin, the Holland, the Ortolan, the Canopirs, and the Pigeon in the Asiatic station. Then he served for four years as a 1st Lt. and Division Officer aboard the USS Con-cord. He was transferred to Ford Island in 1941. After the attack, his wife and

two daughters (ages 3 and 6) were or-dered back to the states.

It was his walk, the uniform, the hat, the sword, and the medals he wore that captured the persona of the man. He was very proud of his medals, including the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Med-al, which was approved by Congress to recognize naval operations in Nicaragua between the dates of August 27, 1926 and January 2, 1933.

Clyde was a very fit individual into his later years and proud of his physi-cal prowess. He walked almost every day. He led the Pearl Harbor Survivors unit in the Palm Springs Veteran’s Day pa-rades. They had to continually tell him to “slow down, Clyde” as they kept run-ning into the parade unit in front of the Survivors. He was a community icon featured on billboards on Interstate 10 to advertise the outstanding annual pa-rade.

At age 97, the beloved “old mustang” died peacefully in his sleep Saturday, November 29, 2003. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Janu-ary 7, 2004. He went to the national cemetery in style, like he lived his long life. Clyde was formally dressed in his

full uniform with his many medals on both sides of his uniform. His casket was carried in a horse-drawn caisson drawn by four palominos. Leading the caisson was a 52-piece Navy band.

Mal Middlesworth, Editor/Publisher, Pearl Harbor Gram

Clyde Ernst: The Pride of Palm Springs

Above: Clyde Ernst leads the Survivors in a Palm Spring Veterans Day Parade.

Right: Clyde Ernst salutes with his medals and sword.

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PRAYER FOR THE DEADEternal rest grant unto them and let perpetual light shine upon them and may they rest in peace.

Anelli, Thomas A.Ford Island NASSan Diego, CA

Assante, JoeUSS HonoluluSan Lorenzo, CA

Boyd, William F.USS VestalSan Diego, CA

Contreras, Charles C.USS PennsylvaniaOroville, CA

Crawmer, William W.4th Def BattnSanta Ana, CA

Cressman Sr., Arthur R.Dallas, TX

Davis, Bill Hickam FieldApple Valley, CA

Dove, Harold L.USS SacramentoIndianapolis, IN

Eaker, Douglas A.Naval Base Pearl HarborApex, NC

Fagan, George D.Hickam FieldPoint Pleasant, NJ

Falvo, Pat J. Hickam FieldAlrington, TX

Gorman, Eugene J.USS HulbertChesapeake, VA

Hale, Harry J.USS TreverNew York Mills, NY

Halleran, Irving W.USS Phoenix North Merrick, NY

Hourigan, James L. USS PeliasSan Francisco, CA

Hill, William W.Schofield BarracksEdgewater, CO

Hodenson, Robert JUSS WhitneyRocklin, CA

Klippel, RandolphUSS RaleighLaMesa, CA

Krawiec, Raymond T. 55th Coast ArtilleryHartford, CT Mark, Anthony G.Ford IslandMonrovia, CA

McCan, James E.USS RamsayLos Angeles, CA

Maynor, Sam F.USS ReidRock Hill, SC

Mitchell, Glen H.USS MarylandWichita, KS

Phelps, Rodney E. USS CurtissIndianapolis, IN

Richardson, ElishaUSS PennsylvaniaChowchilla, CA

Sandwick, RobertEwa Air BaseTemecula, CA

Shoup, David H.Schofield BarracksRiverton, WY

Sivack, Robert G. Fort Weaver Little Falls, NY

Smith, ClemethFort Ruger North Versailles, PA

On January 12 Pacific Historic Parks and the National Park Service wel-

comed more than 500 Elvis fans to the USS Arizona Memorial to celebrate the King’s contribution to the building of the monument and raise money for its refurbishment.

At events held throughout the week, Elvis fans donated more than $4,500 to Pacific Historic Parks’ USS Arizona Me-morial Restoration fund. In 1961, Pres-ley donated more than $64,000 to help build the monument.

Pacific Historic Parks has been lead-ing the fundraising effort to refurbish the USS Arizona Memorial since 2012, collaborating with public and private entities to collect the money needed to complete the three-phase project. Phase one of the refurbishment was complet-ed in June 2012.

Visiting Elvis fans toured the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center museums, watched the National Park Service mov-ie on the attack, took the boat ride to the memorial, and took part in special Elvis-related events.

Fans enjoyed a special Elvis in Hawaii

weekend-only photo exhibit, featuring images from Elvis Presley Enterprises’ archives, as well as a temporary museum exhibit on Elvis’ 1961 benefit concert held at Pearl Harbor Bloch Arena. Pro-ceeds from the concert were donated to help build the memorial. The tempo-rary exhibit will be available for public viewing until May 2013.

The fans’ visit was part of the Aloha from Hawaii 40th anniversary celebra-tion, a week long trip to Oahu packed with Elvis-related events that coincided with the 40th anniversary of Presley’s Aloha from Hawaii concert, which was broadcast in January 1943. The event was organized by Elvis Presley Enterpris-es, the corporate entity created by the Elvis Presley Trust to conduct business and manage its assets.

PHP also teamed up with Legends in Concert Waikiki, a live concert featur-ing tribute aritsts such as Elvis Presley. Legends generously agreed to donate $10 from each ticket sold to their Sun-day, January 13 show to the restoration effort.

Pacific Historic Parks would like to thank Elvis Presley Enterprises, Leg-ends in Concert Waikiki, and Elvis fans from around the world for supporting the USS Arizona Memorial restoration. From creation to restoration, Elvis Pre-sley and his fans have continued to sup-port the USS Arizona Memorial.

Sarah Safranski, Publications & Communications Manager, Pacific Historic Parks

Exclusive Elvis Presley Items - Only Available at PHPCelebrate the King’s contribution to the USS Arizona Memorial with these exclusive products!

Poster: Pick up your copy of this exclu-sive 12x18 poster designed by Oahu art-ist Nick Kuchar in his signature vintage style. $15.00.

T-shirt: 100% cotton t-shirt designed exclusively for PHP. Mens and womens sizes available. Back of t-shirt shown; front includes USS Arizona Memorial logo. $19.95.

To order, visit www.pacifichistoricparksbookstore.org.

Elvis Fans Support the Restoration of the USS Arizona Memorial

Top: Oahu artist Nick Kuchar signed the Elvis posters he created for visiting fans at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.Middle: Visitors enjoyed a weekend-only photo exhibit of images of Elvis in Hawaii.Bottom: A cardboard cut out of Elvis at the entrance to the education building

At events held throughout the week, Elvis fans donated more than $4,500 to Pacific Historic Parks’ USS Arizona Memorial Restoration fund.

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Remembering Pearl Harbor: The Story of the USS Arizona Memorial

Michael Slackman’s official history of the fundraising and construction of the USS Arizona Memorial has be redesigned to include historic and modern-day photos of the monument. 64 pages.

Softcover: $9.95 (Item #: 400584)Hardcover: $19.95 (Item #: 400583)

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a stunning photographic chronicle of the events of December 7, 1941 presenting almost 200 large format photos with detailed captions and profiles

of those who were there. 160 pages.

Hardcover: $29.95 (Item #: 685)

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Steady Nerves and Stout Hearts

Written by reknown Pearl Harbor historians Robert J. Cressman, J. Michael Wenger, and John F. Divirgilio, Steady Nerves and Stout Hearts chronicles the trials and tribulations of the men of the USS Enterprise Air Group who were in the air the morning of December 7, 1941.

Softcover: $9.95 (Item #: 100284)

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Memorial Day Weekend Boat Tours

Back by popular demand, PHP is excited to announce our Memorial Day weekend boat tours!

Join us for an hour-long tour of Pearl Harbor that will take you around Ford Island, past the USS Utah, and to the USS Arizona Memorial. Each tour will be led by a National Park Service Ranger.

Tickets for our last tours sold out quickly. Reserve your tick-ets in advance at recreation.gov.

All proceeds benefit the restoration of the USS Arizona Memorial.

Event Details: Dates: May 23rd-May 27thTimes: 1:00 pm and 2:30 pmDonation: $30/person

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