From the December 4, 2016, Arizona Daily Star "New monument to the USS Arizona to be dedicated" by Natalia V. Navarro.
Dedication of it will be today at the University of Arizona Mall.
The monument consists of a 6-inch curb of running track outlining the size and shape of the battleship. At about the site of where the ship's foremast was (this is the one blackened and leaning over toward the bow after the attack) is a brick path lined with waist-high concrete walls adorned with 1,177 bronze medallions, each engraved with the name, birth date and home state of the 1,177 sailors and Marines who died aboard the ship that day.
Being located at a college campus as it is strikes home even more when the average age of those who died was 20.
The money for the project was privately raised with $175,000 coming from individuals and veterans organizations in 20 states..
The dedication will begin around 3 p.m. with a flyover.
Hopefully some of the five remaining Arizona survivors will be able to attend.
--GreGen
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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