by Kellar Ellsworth | Sep 24, 2018 | Pacific Aviation Museum, Pearl Harbor Tours, Travel Tips, USS Arizona Memorial, USS Bowfin, USS Missouri, USS Oklahoma Memorial, Visiting Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, one of the most historically significant sites in the United States, is also located in one of the most beautiful places in the world: on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. People come from all over the world to experience history first-hand and enjoy paradise...
by Mark LoProto | Sep 13, 2018 | Pearl Harbor Photos, Pearl Harbor Today, Pearl Harbor Tours, USS Arizona Memorial, USS Bowfin, USS Missouri, USS Oklahoma Memorial, Visiting Pearl Harbor
When you go on a tour of Pearl Harbor and find yourself immersed in the history and surrounded by hundreds of other curious visitors, it’s very easy to feel overwhelmed. You want to see everything, experience it all, and walk away with every bit of knowledge about the...
by Mark LoProto | Jul 23, 2018 | Battleships, USS Missouri, USS Missouri Tours
Construction of USS Missouri (BB-63) began almost a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but it wasn’t until June 11, 1944, that she was commissioned into the United States Navy. She entered service at the tail end of World War II, but that was only one of several...
by Mark LoProto | Mar 5, 2018 | Pearl Harbor News, USS Missouri
Over the course of her years as a museum ship, the Battleship Missouri has been subjected to the natural conditions of Pearl Harbor and wear and tear from her millions of visitors. To ensure she would always look her best, the Mighty Mo recently completed her largest...
by Mark LoProto | Feb 12, 2018 | Pacific Aviation Museum, USS Arizona Memorial, USS Bowfin, USS Missouri, Visiting Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, a fleet of Japanese fighters and bombers flew into Hawaiian airspace, with the US naval base at Pearl Harbor as its primary target. The two-hour attack was a tragedy forever ingrained in American history. Today, this world-changing event and the...
by Mark LoProto | Jan 13, 2018 | Kids at Pearl Harbor, Pacific Aviation Museum, USS Bowfin, USS Missouri, Visiting Pearl Harbor
Visiting Pearl Harbor includes dealing with some heavy themes that some parents may worry are too much for their kids. From the losses suffered that day to the war that followed, it can difficult for younger minds to fully comprehend, but that doesn’t mean they can’t...
