Pearl Harbour

May 28, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

Visited Pearl Harbour today to see the USS Arizona memorial, and to go on the USS Missouri.

The Arizona memorial, and museum before it were somber, it was a good monument, with the ship and many of the bodies still sunk underneath it.

The USS Missouri was very cool to walk around, impressive ship with big guns. Americans do like guns. It was also the deck where the Japanese signed the surrender ending world war 2.

It was intersting that when in Japan, we visited Hiroshima and the museum there talked about the destruction of the atomic bomb, why it was dropped (to end the war quickly, without needing Russian help) but there was nothing about how it started, or the lead up (Pearl Harbour).
While here, everything was naturally about the Pearl Harbour attack, and the surrender on board the Missouri covering the beginning of world war 2 for America and the end, but not much mention of why they surrendered (the bomb).Read more