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"Wife and I are going to see the Arizona Memorial, the Missouri, etc., in February.

Good time of the year to visit...I think February is when the BIG waves come in on the north shore.

We were there in 2000, when my wife made "Presidents Club" with her company; they rented the entire fantail of the Missouri for a dinner for the winners/spouses, complete with a band and cocktails. It was amazing.

My Dad was at Pearl when it was bombed, as a civilian contractor/machinist, and I've heard the PH stories all my life, so going there and seeing it live was a real treat for me.

Unfortunately, he passed away in 1986, but I would have loved to have shared my time there with him.

The convention was only three days, but we took vacation time and stayed an extra week (hey, airfare paid for, why not?).

We rented a B&B up in Waimanalo, and also rented a little Mustang convertible, and acted like teenagers, just touring the Island on our own. It was the trip of a lifetime.

Too bad I hadn't heard of barack obama then, maybe I could have gotten a look at his BC while it was still an asset to him (foreign exchange student). /s

Good luck and have fun. (Note: don't eat peanuts on the 8-hour flight, that long under pressurized air produces lots of gas, just sayin'.)

“
Wife and I are going to see the Arizona Memorial, the Missouri, etc.,
in February.
“

Color me green with envy.
I’ve been intending to go for decades...will definitely make it
as soon as possible.
Touring the battleship Missouri is surely added incentive.

In case you haven’t seen these before...

US Navy site on The Missouri (click on pics to enlarge)
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb63.htm

(look close to see the six shells “on the way”)
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g40000/g47015.jpg

(Kamikazi about to bounce off The Missouri)
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h62000/h62696.jpg

The Missouri at Tokyo Bay:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8.htm