50 years of service in solemnity

The marble Arizona Memorial keeps the Pearl Harbor attack fresh in the public eye

By Michael Tsai

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 28, 2012

~~<p>Al Rodrigues listened politely Sunday as speaker after speaker waxed reverential on the significance of the USS Arizona Memorial in keeping the events of Dec. 7, 1941, alive in the national memory and on the monument's singular ability to evoke feelings of hope, pride and forgiveness.</p>
<p>The otherwise wisecracking 92-year-old was one of a select few invited to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the unique memorial. In truth, perhaps no one needed less help remembering the events that led to the battleship's sinking at Pearl Harbor.</p>
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Al Rodrigues listened politely Sunday as speaker after speaker waxed reverential on the significance of the USS Arizona Memorial in keeping the events of Dec. 7, 1941, alive in the national memory and on the monument's singular ability to evoke feelings of hope, pride and forgiveness.

The otherwise wisecracking 92-year-old was one of a select few invited to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the unique memorial. In truth, perhaps no one needed less help remembering the events that led to the battleship's sinking at Pearl Harbor. Login for more...