Pearl Harbor

Our class took a trip to Pearl Harbor on Monday and it
was a different type of learning experience. Prior to coming
here the history of Pearl Harbor was just another page
within a textbook. When we arrived to Pearl Harbor, we saw
a twenty minute documentary about its history. The
documentary discussed the reasons as to why Pearl Harbor was
a target for destruction, the United States entry into World
War II, and what is left of Pearl Harbor. For example, the
U.S.S. Arizona was a ship that was attacked by the Japanese
and it killed hundreds of lives that were on the ship. This
ship remains sunken under the ocean to this day and one can
notice the remains of it through the water. Most of the
ships that once stood prior to the attack now have smaller
representations of the ships as a memorial. In our decade,
there are fewer survivors from Pearl Harbor that are living.
Some of the survivors volunteer their time at Pearl Harbor
by signing autographs and discussing Pearl Harbor history
with people. In the end, I am happy that we came here
because Pearl Harbor is a historic moment that I will always
remember and I had an opportunity to learn about it upclose
and firsthand.