USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pearl Harbor area was designated a national historic landmark in 1964 for its strategic importance related to the United States’ annexation of Hawai’i, and for the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack during World War II.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center is part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, a National Park Service site.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pearl Harbor, however, is home to five of the famous World War II valor memorials-the USS Arizona Memorial, the USS Oklahoma Memorial, the USS Utah Memorial, parts of Ford Island and Battleship Row.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pearl Harbor is a U.S. Navy base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Adjacent to the harbour is Hickam Air Force Base, and the two installations were merged in 2010 to become Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Pearl Harbor National Memorial and its partners preserve, interpret, and commemorate the history of World War II in the Pacific from the events leading to the December 7, 1941, attack on Oah’u, to peace and reconciliation.