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1. PUNCHM_041027_010.JPG: The 30-foot-tall female figure is "Columbia," standing on a symbolized prow of a U.S. Navy carrier with a laurel branch in her left hand. You can see the writing below it -- "the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom" -- which were Abraham Lincoln's words to Mrs. Bixby, the mother of five sons who died in Civil War battles. If the phrase is familiar, it was used as the justification for retrieving Private Ryan in the movie "Saving Private Ryan."
2. PUNCHM_041027_020.JPG: There are a number of mosaics in the Honolulu Memorial (the white structure in the middle of the cemetery) that describe in maps and text the achievements of the US armed forces during World War II and the Korean War.
3. PUNCHM_041027_080.JPG: Various markers are on the path up to the panoramic view of Honolulu from the crater wall. The figure here is the same one used at the U.S. Naval Memorial in Washington DC as well as at the viewing area in the Marin Headlands in San Francisco.
4. PUNCHM_041027_091.JPG: This honors the American GI's of Japanese descent who helped free the trapped forces at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. It is both in French and English and the English side has a spelling error for posterity: "To the men of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, US Army, who reaffirmed an historical truth, in Bruyeres-in-Vosges (France) - October 14-30, 1944... That loyalty to one's country is not modified by racial origin. These Americans, whose ancestors were Japanese, during the Battle of Bruyeres-in-Vosges broke the backbone of German defenses and rescued the 141st Infantry Battalion which had been surrounded by the ennemy [sic] for four days. Presented by the Peace and Freedom Trail and the People of Bruyers (France) for the 50th anniversary of the 442nd RCT Memorial. Honolulu, November 1st, 1997."
5. PUNCHM_041027_097.JPG: Hit My Smoke. Flying low over the trails and battlefield, Forward Air Controllers marked targets with smoke rockets or grenades, performed and directed air strikes upon the enemy, and led rescue missions, while enduring intense ground fire, hazardous weather and terrain. We salute the courage, sacrifice, and inspiration of the more than 220 FAC's who perished while fighting for the cause of Freedom during the long war in Southeast Asia 1962-1975. "They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the mornings, we will remember them." L. Binyon. This monument is dedicated to these special aviators of the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, who served together. April 2002. Lest We Forget.
6. PUNCHM_041027_100.JPG: Hawaii's Prisoners of War / Missing in Action Korea June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953 In memory of our fallen comrades who have given their lives in the name of freedom. We unite, the former American prisoners of war and the families of those missing in action, having sacrificed part of our lives so citizens of South Korea could enjoy freedom, free from the threat of Communism. To be killed in war is not the worst that can happen... To be missing in war is not the worst that can happen ... To be forgotten... is. We will never forget! God bless America
7. PUNCHM_041027_118.JPG: Americans Home from Siberia. Dedicated in honor of the 291 airmen of Crew 8 Doolittle Raiders, the 11th and 20th Air Forces, and Fleet Air Wing 4 who were interned in the USSR April 1942-August 1945 and in memory of the four airmen who died in the USSR, casualties of long range aerial missions against the Japanese Kurile Islands. Dedicated June 3rd, 2002.
8. PUNCHM_041028_019.JPG: This was the first interment in the cemetery. He was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941.
9. PUNCHM_041028_023.JPG: Ellison Onizuka was one of the astronauts killed when the Challenger blew up on January 28, 1986.
10. PUNCHM_041028_039.JPG: Ernie Pyle, World War II correspondent. He was killed on Ie Shima, near Iwo Jima, on April 18, 1945.
11. PUNCHM_041028_050.JPG: You see a bunch of unknowns who died in the Pearl Harbor attack and then, of course, others.
12. PUNCHM_041028_065.JPG: A memorial to the Wake Island Defenders Group. They were interred here in 1953. They include 44 US Marines, 3 US Navy, and 131 civilians.
13. PUNCHM_041028_100.JPG: Henry Oliver Hansen was one of the Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. He was killed March 1, 1945.
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Wikipedia Description: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (also Punchbowl National Cemetery) is a cemetery located in Honolulu, Hawaii that serves a memorial to those men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. It is administered by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Thousands of visitors visit the cemetery each year, and it is one of the more popular tourist attractions in Hawaii.

Location, construction and history:

The cemetery is located in Punchbowl Crater (Puowaina in Hawaiian), located just north of downtown Honolulu. In ancient times Punchbowl was used as a site for human sacrifices, and pu-o-waina means "hill of placing (human sacrifices)."

In February 1948 Congress approved funding and construction began on the national cemetery. Since the cemetery was dedicated on September 2, 1949, 34,000 veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean, and Vietnam wars have been interred. The cemetery is now full and a new veterans cemetery has been built and dedicated on the windward side of O'ahu at Kane'ohe.

Prior to the opening of the cemetery for the recently deceased, the remains of soldiers from locations around the Pacific Theater—including Guam, Wake Island, and Japanese POW camps—were transported to Hawaii for final interment. The first interment was made January 4, 1949. The cemetery opened to the public on July 19, 1949, with services for five war dead: an unknown serviceman, two Marines, an Army lieutenant and one civilian—noted war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Initially, the graves at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific were marked with white wooden crosses and Stars of David—like the American cemeteries abroad—in preparation for the dedication ceremony on the fourth anniversary of V-J Day. Eventually, over 13,000 soldiers and sailors who died ...More...
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