Live Stream of the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration
Date: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015
Time: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: Online
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument invites you to join us on Dec. 7th as we live stream the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration, marking 74 years since the Pearl Harbor attack. The live stream includes three live events with 10 hours of educational and historical programming and begins at 7 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST). This will include the live and interactive 74th anniversary commemoration, with park educators and volunteers standing by to answer your questions in a live chat; a live broadcast of the USS Oklahoma Ceremony; and a very special live broadcast from the USS Arizona Memorial as Pearl Harbor Survivor Joseph Langdell is interred back to the ship. For a complete schedule, click here.
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Date: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015
Time: 7:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Location: Kilo Pier, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
The National Park Service and the United States Navy will co-host the 74th commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor. This year’s ceremony will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Kennedy as the keynote speaker. Open to the public.Those with base access and their sponsored guests may enter through Nimitz or Makalapa Gate and may park in general parking areas near Kilo Pier.
The general public is required to park at Aloha Stadium with free ADA shuttle transportation to Kilo Pier from 6 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. with return shuttles to Aloha Stadium after the ceremony, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Due to strict security measures, guests are not allowed to bring handbags, purses, camera bags or other items that offer concealment to the ceremony. No bag storage will be available, so please plan accordingly. Small personal cameras, cell phones, wallets, and bottled water are allowed.
A photo ID is required for all attendees.
For guests not able to attend the ceremony at Kilo Pier, a live stream of the ceremony will be available for viewing in the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center theaters (7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.) and online.
If you are a Pearl Harbor Survivor or World War II veteran, you may contact the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Public Affairs Office for special arrangements or questions regarding the ceremony and access to Kilo Pier by calling (808) 473-1173 or 473-2880 or via email a tcnrh.pao@navy.mil.
Hickam Field Remembrance Ceremony
Date: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015
Time: 7:55 a.m.
Location: Atterbury Circle, Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
The 15th Wing will host a remembrance ceremony at the Atterbury Circle historic flagpole on Hickam Field to honor the 189 killed and 303 wounded during the attacks. The ceremony is open to those with base access and their sponsored guests.
Limited Public Program Schedule for the USS Arizona Memorial
Date: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015
Time: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
Due to ongoing ceremonies throughout the day public programs on Dec. 7 to the USS Arizona Memorial will operate on a special schedule. The first public program will begin at 11 a.m. with the last program at 2 p.m. Programs run every 15 minutes and include a 23-minute movie followed by a short boat ride and visit to the Memorial.
Tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial programs are free and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis only from the Visitor Center Ticket and Information Counter. No reserved tickets will be available via recreation.gov. Ticket distribution begins at 10 a.m. and will continue until tickets are depleted.
Ash Scattering in honor of Donald Show, USN
Date: Dec. 7, 2015
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: USS Utah Memorial, Ford Island
A private ash scattering ceremony at the USS Utah Memorial will be conducted by the U.S. Navy in honor of Don Show, who was a Petty Officer 3rd Class stationed aboard the light cruiser, USS Phoenix, at the time of the attack.
Private ceremony – not open to the public
USS Oklahoma Ceremony
Date: Dec. 7, 2015
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: USS Oklahoma Memorial – Ford Island
This ceremony honors and commemorates the loss of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and 429 of her crew. The USS Oklahoma was moored along Battleship Row and was hit by as many as 8 to 12 torpedoes during the attack. Her portside was opened up by the salvo of torpedoes, and she capsized 12 minutes after the first torpedo hit. Public wishing to attend the ceremony may catch a free shuttle departing every 15 minutes from the USS BowfinSubmarine Museum & Park, which is adjacent to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.
Interment Ceremony — Ensign Joe Langdell, USN
Date: Dec. 7, 2015
Time: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: USS Arizona Memorial
The National Park Service and the U.S. Navy will conduct the interment of Joseph Langdell who was a young Ensign assigned to the USS Arizona. His family will be here to participate in the interment of his urn into the hull of the ship. Full military burial honors will be rendered to Ensign Langdell by the U.S. Navy and his interment into the ship will be accomplished by the National Park Service Dive Team.
Note: The interment will be available for viewing in the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center Theaters on Monday, Dec. 7, commencing at 4 p.m. until 5 p.m., as well as online via our live stream.
Private ceremony – not open to the public
Source: NPS
