Created December 5, 2008 Visitors 1,574,156 (in 2015) Established December 5, 2008 | Area 25.54 km² Phone +1 808-422-3399 | |
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Location Alaska, California & Hawaii, USA Governing body National Park Service & Fish and Wildlife Service Website World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument Address 1 Arizona Memorial Pl, Honolulu, HI 96818, USA Hours Open today · 7AM–5PMWednesday7AM–5PMThursday7AM–5PMFriday7AM–5PMSaturday7AM–5PMSunday7AM–5PMMonday7AM–5PMTuesday7AM–5PMSuggest an edit Management National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Similar Battleship Missouri Memorial, Pacific Aviation Museum, Pearl Harbor Historic S, Arizona Memorial, USS Utah Profiles | ||
World war ii valor in the pacific national monument at pearl harbor hawaii pearlharbor hawaii
The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is a U.S. National Monument honoring events, people, and sites of the Pacific Theater engagement of the United States during World War II.
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World war ii valor in the pacific national monument
Sites
The national monument includes 9 sites in 3 states, totaling 6,310 acres (2,550 ha):
Administration
The monument is administered by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The actual shipwrecks of the Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma are not parts of the monument, and remain under the jurisdiction of the US Navy.
Establishment
The monument was created on December 5, 2008, through an executive order issued by President George W. Bush under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The proclamation date was selected in anticipation of the 67th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 2008. This is the first proclamation of a national monument in Alaska since passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980.