“AbeNational Park Service bayakuthokozela ukwamukela abavakashi bethu ababuya kuleli I-USS Arizona Memorial maduze nje,” kusho ibamba likaNsumpa wePearl Harbour National Memorial uSteve Mietz.
The isikhumbuzo semikhumbi yempi eshonile, enye yezindawo ezivakashelwa kakhulu esifundazweni, ibona abantu abangu-4,000 kuya ku-5,000 ngosuku. Ngo-2018, cishe abantu abayizigidi eziyi-1.8 bavakashela indawo yasePearl Harbor.
Ukufinyelela esikhumbuzweni kwamiswa ngoMeyi 2018 lapho abasebenzi basepaki bebona umonakalo omncane esikhumulweni semikhumbi sikakhonkolo esinamathiselwe esintantayo lapho kwehla khona abagibeli bezikebhe. Ukuhlolwa kwedokodo kuveze ukwehluleka kohlelo lwayo lokunamathisela, okuvumele ukunyakaza okubheke eceleni kakhulu endaweni lapho abagibeli behla khona ezikebheni zeNavy.
Uchungechunge lwezingqimba “ze-helical” lwajijwa phansi olwandle, kwathi intambo yokwenziwa yanamathiselwa endaweni eyi-105 foot dock njengengxenye yokulungiswa okungaphezu kuka-$2.1 million, kusho izikhulu.
I-Hawaii National Park Service ithe namuhla ukuvulwa kabusha obekulindelwe ngabomvu kwe-USS Arizona Memorial ukuze kufinyeleleke kuyona kuzokwenzeka ngale mpelasonto yoSuku Lwabasebenzi ngeSonto ngemuva kokuvalwa kwezinyanga eziyi-15.
I-National Park Service yengamela isikhumbuzo endaweni eyiziro yokuhlasela okumangazayo kwama-Japan ngomhla ka-7 Dec. 1941, okwakufuna ukukhubaza i-US Pacific Fleet - futhi kule nqubo yadonsela iMelika namandla ayo ezimboni eMpini Yezwe II. Kwalahleka izimpilo eziyi-1,177 e-Arizona, namanje ebalwa njengokulahlekelwa okukhulu kakhulu kwezimpilo zeNavy.
“Kuyilungelo elikhulu ukwabelana ngezindaba zamadoda ase-USS Arizona, kanye nabo bonke labo abakhonza, abahlupheka futhi bazidela e-Oahu ngoZibandlela 7, 1941. Lelo yitshe legumbi lomsebenzi wethu lapha, nokubuyiselwa komphakathi. ukufinyelela kule ndawo ewuphawu kubalulekile njengoba siqhubeka nokuxoxa izindaba zabo futhi sihlonipha inkumbulo yabo,” kwengeza uMietz.
Inkonzo yepaki ithe kusukela ngoMeyi ka-2018 lapho isikhumbuzo sivalwa ukuhamba kwezinyawo, izigaba eziningi zephrojekthi yokulungisa idokodo eliseduze seziphothuliwe okuhlanganisa ukuhlaziya, ukufakwa kwenkontileka, ukuklama, ukuthotshelwa kwemvelo, ukuhlanganisa, ukuhlolwa kwemikhumbi engaqhuma, ukulondolozwa kwezinsiza kanye nephrojekthi. ukubulawa.
Kuze kube isikhumbuzo sivulwa kabusha, izivakashi zisengakwazi ukuvakashela iminyuziyamu emibili yamahhala ye-Pearl Harbor Visitor Center futhi zibambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni ezinamathikithi ezihlanganisa ifilimu yemizuzu engu-25 kanye nohambo lwasethekwini olulandiwe lwe-Battleship Row emikhunjini ye-US Navy, kusho izikhulu.
UChristine Benotti Jannetto uthe ekhasini le-Facebook lePearl Harbor National Memorial ukuthi ukuvulwa kabusha "kuyizindaba ezinhle."
“Besikhona ngonyaka odlule ngesikhathi se-Hurricane Lane futhi saba nenhlanhla yokuthi imimoya ibingekho phezulu ngokwanele ethekwini ukuvimba ukuhamba kwezikebhe ezindaweni zesikhumbuzo,” kusho yena. “Isikhathi esingokomzwelo nesithobisa kangaka ePearl Harbor. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ngizobuyela emuva njengoba isikhumbuzo sesivuliwe.”
I-Pearl Harbor Visitor Centre ivulwa izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto kusukela ngo-7 ekuseni kuya ku-5 ntambama Isikhungo sezivakashi simahhala futhi awekho amathikithi adingekayo ukuze ubone iminyuziyamu nezizathu.
Uhlelo lwe-USS Arizona Memorial luyimizuzu engama-75 ubude. Iqala etiyetha nge-documentary yemizuzu engu-25 futhi ilandelwa ukugibela isikebhe ukuya esikhumbuzweni, isikhathi sesikhumbuzo kanye nokugibela isikebhe emuva. Izinhlelo ziqala njalo ngemizuzu engu-15 kusukela ngo-7:30 ekuseni kuya ku-3 ntambama
Ngokuvalwa kwesikhumbuzo, izivakashi zisabuka idokhumentari yemizuzu engu-25 bese zigibela esikebheni zilibangise esikhumbuzweni, kodwa esikhundleni sokwehla, zithathwa ohambweni oluxoxwayo lwetheku eduze kwesikhumbuzo eduze ne-Battleship Row. Uhambo olushintshiwe luthatha cishe ihora, ngokwenkonzo yepaki.
Mahhala amathikithi ohlelo ayatholakala lapha. Angaphezu kuka-1,300 amathikithi esikhumbuzo samahhala anikezwa nsuku zonke ngokuthi ofike kuqala, aqale ngo-7 ekuseni.
