History of the war...

One of the greatest revelations one can have is seeing in real life what they were taught from history books. Seeing the pictures and movies and reading about how long the attack in Pearl Harbor was did little justice to actually going there and seeing it first hand. As you walk through the base, you can feel the energy of the soldiers who fought back and fought for their lives on December 7, 1941. 

Walking through the museums, we can learn more about that day then what is in textbooks. There were six bases that were attacked twice that day. Pearl Harbor may Have been the most devestating, but I never knew that Japan attacked all over the island of Oahu. Thankfully, Pearl Harbor has memorials for all the soldiers and civilians that were killed that day. 

Throughout the base, they had refurbished torpedoes that Japan ad America used during the war, there were destroyer machine guns and a submarine  that showed the technology of that era. 

For me, the most touching and humbling experience of this tour was seeing the sunkenUSS Arizona. Before you go to the memorial, you watch a video that explains why Japan attacked Oahu and how that changed the course of the war. They expected the hopes of Americans to be diminished because of the death and destruction of their attack. However, as we all know, America became more united than ever and that is what won the war along with our allies. 

It left me speechless...