Pearl Harbor is the number one tourist destination in Hawaii. Even lots of interest by younger Japanese tourists as well. All come to learn, remember and pay respect. Lots of events again this year with a couple of 100+ year old who I met last Sat. night. Also a Rosie The Riviter group of ladies that kept the war effort going. Parades, speeches and ceremonies all week. Also, the "bookends", USS Arizona and the USS Missouri, noting the begining and the end of WWII for the USA, are moored at Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Hrbot. No relation to the Fomoco family but interesting to note the name for us Ford followers.
My family had to immediately evacuate their homes along the coast right after the attack due to concerns over land invasion. Everyone had to find freinds and relatives up on the hills and help put up black cloth over the windows as no lights were to be on at night. My fther was an Army MP and was responsible for handling the first Japanese prisoner of war, an ensign on a grounded suicide sub that got lost and beached on the east side of Oahu. My father was the officer in charge of getting him locked up, prevent hoards of curious viewers wanting to see him. After a few weeks heee, Sakamaki was sent to aa internment camp in CA.
The stories of Dec. 7 keep being passed on to each generation. We do not forget.