World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
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| Location: | United States |
| Specialty: | Umbrella organization for memorials to World War II in the Pacific Ocean |
| Surface: | 25.5 km² |
| Founding: | December 5, 2008 |
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World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument was a memorial of the type of national monuments in the US states Alaska , Hawaii and California . It was reminiscent of the Second World War in the Pacific Ocean . The memorial was proclaimed on December 5, 2008 by US President George W. Bush and consisted of nine previously independent parts in three states and under the administration of various departments of the federal government of the United States.
With the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act , signed on March 12, 2019, the National Monument was dissolved and divided into three separate protected areas: The Pearl Harbor National Memorial on Oahu, Hawaii, the Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument in Alaska and the Tule Lake National Monument in California.
aims
With the foundation, various existing memorials and other facilities in the port of Pearl Harbor , Hawaii should be combined. As far as memorials for warships sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the wrecks remained under the sovereignty of the Ministry of Defense , only the memorials were placed under the National Park Service under the umbrella of the Ministry of the Interior .
The locations in Alaska are reminiscent of the Battle of the Aleutians and are all located in the existing Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service , they remain under its administration. Due to the remoteness, large numbers of visitors are not expected.
The location in California is reminiscent of the internment of Japanese-born Americans in World War II and was then the location of the largest internment camp. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 2006 and is largely privately owned; Thule Lake Municipal Airport is located in the middle of the former storage area. Administration and upgrading of the federally owned land to a memorial are to be taken over by the National Park Service.
List of locations
Hawaii: Pearl Harbor
- USS Arizona Memorial
- USS Utah Memorial
- USS Oklahoma Memorial
- Six Chief Petty Officer bungalows on Ford Island
- Wharfs F6, F7 and F8, part of Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor
Alaska: Aleutian chain
- Relics of the Battle of Attu Island
- The temporary Japanese base on Kiska Island
- Crash site of a B-24D Liberator bomber on Atka Island
California
Web links
- White House: Proclamation of the National Monument , December 5, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lisa Murkowski: Text - p.47 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. March 12, 2019, accessed April 19, 2019 .