Never knew this about Pearl Harbor

Very moving memorial. The day we visited we were fortunate to have a WWII MOH recipient in our group. Not sure if he had any connection to Pearl Harbor.

Another bit of information unknown to a lot of people is that the Arizona is under the control of the National Park Service, but the U.S. Navy still retains the title. Arizona retains the right, in perpetuity to fly the United States flag as if she were an active, commissioned naval vessel. They actually have sailors assigned to the Arizona much like the soldiers of the 3rd infantry Regiment (Old Guard). They don't perform any ceremonies however they take positions at the memorial when a group of tourists are on board. We had a young sailor that was piloting the boat who told us that they had hand picked from the fleet.