WORLD WAR II VALOR IN THE PACIFIC NATIONAL MONUMENT
Established on December 5, 2008, the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument includes 9 sites in 3 states, Hawaii, California and Alaska, and totals 6,310 acres. The monument preserves and interprets the stories of the Pacific War from the attack on Pearl Harbor, the entry of the US into WWII, the internment of Japanese Americans, to the battles in the Aleutians. Home of the USS Arizona Memorial, over 1.6 million visitors a year come to visit the USS Arizona Memorial, USS Utah Memorial and the USS Oklahoma Memorial. The monument and Pearl Harbor Visitor Center in Honolulu, preserves the history of the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII and offers a documentary film, exhibits and a shuttle boat ride to the USS Arizona Memorial.
For more information call (808) 422-3399 or visit www.NPS.gov/valr.
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