Been there. Seen those holes. Went to the Arizona, noticed how so many people considered it an “attraction” rather than a memorial. I was offended at their cavalier attitude.
That was in 1969. Also saw Zeros flying around as the movie TORA TORA TORA was then being filmed.
We were there at the same time then. We arrived at Hickam in June 1968 and left June 1971. Our son was born at Tripler in August 1968.
Some of my husband’s AF pilot friends took part-time jobs flying the “Zeros” for the Tora X 3 movie. The planes flew over our house in Foster Village for weeks. We also saw quite a few of the bombing attack scenes being filmed at Pearl Harbor. It was eerie.
It was ironic that when we last visited the Arizona Memorial in 1991, they had information announced over loudspeakers in English and Japanese.