Sharing their Stories

Visit History & Culture to learn what it was like to be a battleship sailor and how world events unfolded into a world war. Relive December 7, 1941, through survivor's stories, photographs, and historical investigation of the United States' Day of Infamy.

Entry into World War II

The United States entered into World War II with the attack on Pearl Harbor. In a view taken from a Japanese aircraft, a plume from a torpedo explosion erupts alongside USS Oklahoma. The USS Arizona was hit by 800 kg bomb moments after this photograph was taken. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center.

World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument Established by Presidential Proclamation

By Presidential Proclamation, President George Bush, authorized the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument on December 5, 2008. The National Monument focuses on the events leading up to Pearl Harbor through to the Peace Treaty in Kyoto Bay—with the emphasis on the historical events of World War II in the Pacific Theater and its impacts on the mainland
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Arizona Revisited

The National Park Service Submerged Resources Center and USS Arizona Memorial are conducting and coordinating research directed at understanding the nature and rate of natural processes affecting the deterioration of the USS Arizona. Visit the USS Arizona Preservation Project web site for more information.

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