World War II
Harbours, shipyards, and memorials from the war that remade America's place in the world.
Two landmarks across 2 states. Start with Pearl Harbor (USS Arizona Memorial) and Manzanar.
- Landmarks
- 2
- Period
- 1939–1945
Pictured Pearl Harbor (USS Arizona Memorial)
DoD photo by: PH3(AW/SW) JAYME PASTORIC, USN · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
The Landmarks
- World War II
Pearl Harbor (USS Arizona Memorial)
Honolulu, HI
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
World War IIManzanar
Independence, CA
In the desert of California's Owens Valley, more than 10,000 Japanese Americans — the majority of them U.S. citizens — were imprisoned behind barbed wire and guard towers for no crime but their ancestry.