From the Feb. 3, 2013, Bloomberg by James M. Clash.
James M. Clash went for a ride with the Pacific Warbirds who take tourists for rides in SNJ-5 single prop planes for a flight over Pearl Harbor at the same altitude as the Japanese planes did.
His uncle, Donald Clash was a second class fireman's apprentice seaman on the USS Arizona that day and lost his life.
The Pacific Warbirds leave from a small briefing room made up to look like one from Qorld War II. The SNJ-5 is the U.S. Navy's designation for the single engine North American Aviation T-6 Texan. They were made to look like Japanese Zeros in the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora."
The Pearl Harbor Experience costs $1200 + tax.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.

The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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