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| Remains of capsized boat, Cavelossim beach. |
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| Aeriel view of memorial with wreckage of USS Arizona below. |
- Brian Mendonca
Arizona sinks
The Pacific turns red
Now it's a museum
The men are
still down there.
(16 April 2025
Cavelossim beach, Goa)
Note
USS Arizona, warship of the US navy, was hit by Japanese war planes at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, the headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet, at 7.55 a.m. on Sunday, 7 December 1941. Around 1,177 sailors perished. The site is now a memorial.
On the 50th anniversary of this event KPNX-TV in Phoenix, Arizona did a story for broadcast. It was written by Executive Producer, Rod Haberer, and presented by anchor Kent Dana. The TV script can be read here.
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Pic by Brian Mendonca at Cavelossim beach Goa on 16/4/25. Photo by: PH3(AW/SW) JAYME PASTORIC, USN - This image was released by the United States Navy. Updated 17/4/25.
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