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Day 3 - Touring the USS Arizona, USS Bowfin, USS Missouri and the USS Utah memorial site

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Clicking on any picture will enlarge it for a better view   Day 3 - Touring the USS Arizona, the USS Bowfin, the USS Missouri and the USS Utah memorial site. Wayne and I had a wonderful day.   History at it's finest.   We both enjoy it.   Hawaii is amazing.   I'm not certain if it truly is, technically, a rain forest, but from the vegetation and the on and off again rain, making the ferns and the trees so marvelously rich and green; I'm going to consider it a rain forest! We started off early today; 7 am to be in time for our 9 am tour and boat ride out to the USS Arizona.  The movie we saw before the ride was an excellent way to understand what led up to December 7, 1941. From there we took the boat ride out to the memorial site.   With rain on and off during the day, rainbows were plentiful.  I caught a picture of this double rainbow, not uncommon in Hawaii. On the boat, arriving at the USS Arizona memorial.   What a memorable day.  Solemn and serene. This picture was mea