Yesterday I visited the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbour which was a moving experience but unfortunately it is just treated as another must see site by the groups of chattering tourists unlike the respect that is shown at sites such as the Menin Gate in Ypres. I also went to have a look over the USS Missouri which was the USA's last battleship on whose deck the Japanese ratified their surrender at the end of WW all.
Today I visited the Army museum which had a section telling the story of the population of Japanese origin during the Second World War especially the exploits of the Japanese American regiments, they deserve to have a Spielberg film made about them.
Tomorrow I fly out to Phoenix to cross off another item on my bucket list which is to see Monument Valley where my hero John Wayne starred in so many of his films. I have booked a tour with the local guys, members of the Navajo Nation and I also plan to go for a walk around the valley if it is at all possible.
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