Imemori yezimpi ku-Oahu

01 ngo-04

USS Arizona Memorial

I-Hawaii idlala indima ehlukile ekuhlonipheni kwethu labo abafa enkonzweni yezwe labo. Akuyona kuphela indlu yezikhumbuzo eziningi kulabo abaye bafa, kodwa futhi isayithi lenye yezinto ezilahlekile zokulahlekelwa kwempilo emlandweni wethu wempi.

Ngokusobala, isikhumbuzo sempi esidume kakhulu eHawaii yi- USS Arizona Memorial ePearl Harbor . ISikhumbuzo sigxilisa isikhwama esilukile se-USS Arizona, futhi siyikhumbula ngoDisemba 7, 1941, ukuhlasela kweJapan ePearl Harbor.

ISikhumbuzo sanikezelwa ngo-1962 futhi saba yingxenye yohlelo lukazwelonke lwe-National Park Service ngo-1980. ISikhumbuzo sibonisa indawo yokugcina yokuphumula yabasebenzi abaningi abangu-1 177 ababulewe ngenkathi umkhumbi ushaywa yizibhamu zaseJapane. Lokhu kusho abangaphezu kwesigamu sabalimala baseMelika ngalolo suku.

Ukuvakashela e-USS Arizona Memorial kuqala ku-Visitor's Center lapho ubelwa khona eqenjini lokuvakashela kwakho eSikhumbuzweni. Uma iqembu lakho libizwa, uqala ukubona ifilimu ehamba phambili kakhulu mayelana nabangaphambili bokuhlasela nokuhlasela ngokwaso. Khona-ke ugibela ithenda le-navy elikukhiphela e-USS Arizona Memorial. Ngandlela-thile, i-tape elandelwayo elandisa okwenzeka ngalolo suku olujabulisayo idlala njengoba udlulisa amasayithi eminye imikhumbi eyanyuka noma eyonakele ekuhlaselweni. Ekugcineni, ufika eSikhumbuzweni.

ISikhumbuzo siyindawo enhle kakhulu. Ukuthula kubonakala kakhulu. Uyazi ukuthi ume ngaphezu kwesayithi lokungcwaba lamadoda amaningi angamaqhawe ogama olibonayo odongeni ngemuva kweSikhumbuzo. Awukwazi ukusiza kepha uhanjiswe. Ubheka emanzini futhi usengabona ukuthi uphethiloli uphuma emkhunjini, cishe eminyakeni engu-70 ngemva kokuhlaselwa. Ubona ama-buoys emanzini ebeka phambili nangemuva komkhumbi omkhulu. Uzizwa udabukile kodwa uziqhenya kakhulu ngala madoda afela enkonzweni yezwe lawo.

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe kwi-USS Arizona Memorial nokuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor, sicela ubheke isici sethu " Ngaphambi Kokuvakashela i-Pearl Harbour ."

02 ka 04

I-Battleship Missouri Memorial

Ibutho le-USS Missouri, "iMighty Mo", nalo manje lizofakwa kwiRittleship Row ePearl Harbor. I-Missouri iye yakhonza isizwe sayo ngokuziqhenya ngeMpi Yezwe II, iMpiyano yaseKorea kanye neyamuva kuGulf War.

ISikhumbuzo siyinhlangano engeyona inzuzo, engenayo imali yomphakathi. Naphezu kwayo indawo eduze kwe-USS Arizona Memorial, i-Mighty Mo ayiyona ingxenye ye-US National Park, ngakho-ke imali yokufaka ikhokhwa ukuze ilahle izindleko zokusebenza.

Kunezinketho eziningi zamathikithi ezitholakalayo etholakalayo kufaka phakathi amathikithi ephakheji okuvumela ukuba uvakashele wonke amasayithi amathathu e-Pearl Harbor Historic: i-Battleship Missouri Memorial, i- USS Bowfin Submarine Museum kanye nePacific Aviation Museum. Bonke abathathu kufanelekile ukuvakashelwa.

Ukuvakasha okuqondiswayo kuyatholakala kwi-Battleship Missouri futhi ngincoma ngokuqinile ukuthi uthathe owodwa. Baholwa yizilwane zasempi ezishiye umhlalaphansi.

Yeka indlela efaneleka ngayo ukuthi le mikhumbi emibili engakhohlwayo - leyo eyabonisa ukungena kwethu eMpini Yezwe II kanye neJapane eyayisayina idokhumenti yokuzinikela - izohlala phakade ePearl Harbor.

Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, hlola isici sethu "kwi- Battleship Missouri Memorial ePearl Harbor ."

03 ka 04

Amathuna eSikhumbuzo Sikazwelonke ePacific Predbowl Crater

Kanti futhi esiqhingini sase-O`ahu uzokwenza uMathuna Kazwelonke wePacific e-Punchbowl Crater.

Igama lesiHawaii lale ndawo yiPuowaina, "Hill of Sacrifice". Kukholelwa ukuthi ezikhathini zasendulo kwakukhona i-heiau kule ndawo nokuthi izidumbu zama-kapu eziphuthumayo zalethwa kule ndawo. I-Punchbowl iyinhlanganisela efana nesitsha sentaba-mlilo ephelile.

I-Punchbowl manje isayithi le-115 acre National Memorial Cemetery yasePacific. Izinsalela zamaHawaii zasendulo manje zihlanganyela nezwe ngezidumbu zamasosha angaphezu kuka-38 000, abangaphezu kwengxenye yabo abafa e-Pacific Stadium ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe II. Amathuna aphawulwe ngamacwecwe amancane emhlabathini amakwe yizikhathi ezithile zomngane noma isihlobo esivakashele.

Lena indawo enhle futhi ehamba phambili. Kukhona isikhumbuzo esikhulu esinezinkantolo eziyisishiyagalombili zemabula eziqukethe amagama angama-26.280 aseMelika ayengatholakali emsebenzini weMpi Yezwe II kanye neMpi yaseKorea. Izindawo ezimbili ezengeziwe manje zibala amagama wamasosha angu-2503 alahlekile eVietnam War.

Phezulu kwendiza ende yezinyathelo zihlala ngesikhumbuzo ngokwayo, eyakhiwe ngo-1966. Phezu kwesitebhisi se-marble simele isithombe sesifazane, owesifazane wokuthula nenkululeko ephakeme ngaphezu kwakho.

Ukwandisa kusukela ohlangothini ngalunye kwalesi sithombe kukhona izindonga ezenziwe ngamamephu emikhankaso eminingi ePacific, Pearl Harbour, Wake, Coral Sea, Midway, New Guinea naseSolomons, Iwo Jima, eGilbert Islands, e-Okinawa naseKorea. Esikhathini esingaphansi kwesimiso i-chapel ephakathi kwamaKristu, amaJuda namaBuddha ngokufanayo. Lo mhlaba ungcwele kubo bobabili baseHawaii bomdabu kanye nemindeni yabangewona amaHawaii abangcwatshwe lapha.

Ukuze uthole ulwazi oluthe xaxa, bheka i-" National Cemetery Cemetery" yePacific Photo Gallery .

04 ka 04

Hale'iwa War Memorial

Ngesikhathi izikhumbuzo ePearl Harbor nasePunchbowl zingaba yizikhumbuzo ezaziwa kakhulu e-O`ahu, kunezinye ezingaphansi kakhulu ezaziwayo kodwa okwamanje zibaluleke kakhulu ekukhunjuleni labo abafela inkululeko yethu. Impi yaseKorea ne-Vietnam Memorials, esekelwe ngaphansi kweNdlu yase-Iolani e-Honolulu idumisa lawo madoda aseHawaii afela eKongongweni yaseKorea nalawa madoda aseHawaii afela eMpini yeVietnam.

Esinye isikhumbuzo esimangalisayo siseHale'iwa Beach Park ngasogwini olusenyakatho. Lapho mina nomkami sasivakashela kuqala leli sayithi ngo-Okthoba ka-1995, siyeka, ngobuqotho, ngenxa yobuhle bebhishi. Ngakho-ke, ngalesosikhathi sathola isikhumbuzo esihle sempi. I-obelisk emhlophe imi eduze kwasebe lolwandle inkokhelo kulabo abavela endaweni yaseWaialua-Kahuku abaye bafa empini yalelikhulu leminyaka. Ehlangothini ngalunye lwe-obelisk baqoshiwe amagama amaqhawe afile eMpini Yezwe II, iMpi YaseKorea neVietnam War "eyanikela impilo yabo ukuze bonke abanye emhlabeni bahlale ngokuthula."