World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
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Location | Alaska, California & Hawaii, USA |
Area | 6,310 acres (25.5 km2) |
Created | December 5, 2008 |
Visitors | 1,574,156 (in 2015)[1] |
Governing body | National Park Service & Fish and Wildlife Service |
Website | World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument |
The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is a U.S. National Monument honoring events, people, and sites of the Pacific Theater engagement of the United States during World War II.
Sites
The national monument includes 9 sites in 3 states, totaling 6,310 acres (2,550 ha):
Hawaii - At Pearl Harbor on Oahu in Hawaii.
- USS Arizona Memorial and Visitor Center
- USS Utah Memorial
- USS Oklahoma Memorial
- Six Chief Petty Officer Bungalows on Ford Island
- Mooring Quays F6, F7, and F8, which formed part of Battleship Row
Alaska - Battle of Attu battlefield remnants on Attu Island, Aleutian Islands
- Japanese occupation of Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands
- Atka B-24D Liberator crash site on Atka Island, Aleutian Islands
California
Administration
The monument is administered by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The actual shipwrecks of the Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma are not parts of the monument and remain under the jurisdiction of the US Navy.
Establishment
The monument was created on December 5, 2008, through an executive order issued by President George W. Bush under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The proclamation date was selected in anticipation of the 67th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 2008. This is the first proclamation of a national monument in Alaska since passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980.[2]
References
- Proclamation 8327 of December 5, 2008, Establishment of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, 73 FR 75293 (2008-12-10).
Notes
- ↑ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- ↑ ANILCA requires Congressional ratification of the use of the Antiquities Act for withdrawals of greater than 5,000 acres (20.2 km²) in Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980". Retrieved December 8, 2008.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. |
- NPS.gov: World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Tule Lake Unit
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service−FWS.gov: World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Alaska Unit
- NPS.gov: Aleutian World War II