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>> Funding for this program
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provided by...
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>> FedEx cares about the
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communities where we live and
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work supporting military
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families through organizations
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like the USO, Hiring Our Heroes,
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and Trees for Troops.
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Additional support provided
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by...
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>> Since 1946,
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serving the Armed Forces
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and individuals, families,
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and seniors here at home.
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WPS Health Solutions.
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>> This program was made
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possible by support from
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the Surface Navy Association,
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promoting recognition
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and surface forces
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in United States security.
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>> Support for this program
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also made possible by...
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>> Even now,
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you sense them here,
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resting at the bottom
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of Pearl Harbor
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on the battleship
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U.S.S. Arizona.
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Over 900 crewmen entombed
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for eternity
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below her shattered decks.
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Their once personal possessions
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come into view in the warm,
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silty, green Pacific water.
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Nearby, fuel oil
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still rises to the surface
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every four minutes
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from Arizona's sunken hull,
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one drop at a time.
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Machinist's Mate
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Ardenne Allen Woodward was
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stationed on the U.S.S. Arizona.
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"Bill," as he was better known
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to his crewmates,
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was worried about what lay ahead
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in the Pacific in late 1941,
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concerns he shared frequently
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with his wife, Virginia,
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and new daughter, Karen,
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back in Huntington Beach,
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California.
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>> November 14, 1941,
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somewhere at sea.
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My very own precious darling
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wife and baby.
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Darling, I am not sure, but I am
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afraid this Japan situation is
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going to hold up our going back
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to the States for a while.
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Oh, my darling,
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I do love you so terribly much,
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and I would give anything
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in the world to see you
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and take you in my arms
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and tell you how terribly much
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I miss you.
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Darling, I have already picked
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out your Christmas present.
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No, I won't tell you what it is.
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It has to be
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ordered from the States,
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so I'm going to wait
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until around the 5th of December
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to order it
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and then have it sent
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directly to you from the store
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instead of from out here.
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Your own, Bill.
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>> Above the U.S.S. Arizona
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today, the events of
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December 7, 1941, slowly come
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into focus.
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The idea of memorializing
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this battleship didn't go away
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after World War II was over,
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but it would take time --
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a lot of time -- to figure out
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how to do it properly.
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Eventually, thanks to
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the determination of a small
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and diverse group of people,
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efforts to honor the
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U.S.S. Arizona
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and her fallen crew
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with a memorial were realized.
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On that short list of names
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who helped to ensure that
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Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941,
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and the U.S.S. Arizona
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would always be remembered
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was a young, charismatic singer
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from Mississippi.
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They called him the
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King of Rock 'n' Roll.
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>> We interrupt this program
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to bring you a special news
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bulletin.
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>> The United States of America
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was suddenly and deliberately
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attacked.
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>> In his Provo, Utah, home,
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Ken Potts is surrounded
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by memories of December 7, 1941,
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and his battleship,
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the U.S.S. Arizona.
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>> That's my best friend
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who was killed.
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>> On that Sunday morning of
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infamy, as the Japanese attack
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the Arizon young
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crane operator was in Honolulu.
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>> I was ashore.
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I stayed overnight the night
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before.
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I was ashore,
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and there was horns honking
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and sirens going and everything.
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And then turned the radio on
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that said all Navy personnel,
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get back to their ships.
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>> The attack apparently was
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made on all naval
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and military activities
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on the principal island of Oahu.
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>> Ordinarily, at that time of
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day, there was nothing going on,
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much moving, but that morning,
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there was plenty of movement,
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and it was on
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all the loudspeakers,
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all the radios,
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everything had the tag that
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"This is real.
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This is not a drill.
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This is the real thing."
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>> Ken Potts made it back
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onto the U.S.S. Arizona
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to do what he could,
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but by 8:06 a.m.,
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the fate of the battleship
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was sealed.
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A Japanese bomb had ignited
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the Arizon forward
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ammunition storage compartment.
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Bodies and steel vaporized.
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>> When I got back
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to Pearl Harbor, the whole
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harbor was afire.
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The oil had leaked out
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and caught on fire
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and was burning.
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They had ships fighting
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the fire, tugs.
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That's when they got on
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the loudspeaker and said,
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"Abandon ship."
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And they'd go -- some of them
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jumped in the water.
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Some of them didn't make it.
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>> The Japanese hit us hard
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at Pearl Harbor.
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>> The attack on Pearl Harbor
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united Americans as never before
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in history.
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>> Arizo crewman Ken Potts
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was not the only person
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looking on in horror
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on the morning of December 7,
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1941.
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Oahu resident Mildred Martin
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witnessed scenes
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that no 5-year-old girl
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>> We seen the turmoil
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that was going on
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and the drama, and it was real,
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because they were coming down,
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fire landing right on the water.
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[ Shuddered breathing,
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sniffles ]
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So hard.
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And you could see them
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in the water, floating,
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and it wasn't a good scene.
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It was frightening, scary.
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And for me, being 5 years old
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at that time,
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my aunt said, "Let's go.
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Come on, let's go."
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So we did.
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It was something that you can't
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forget because you see the fire,
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the planes,
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and you could see the planes,
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the Japanese planes coming down,
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and you could see that red
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logos that they have
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on their planes,
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and it -- it's something that
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it'll stay with you forever.
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My dad had just left
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the Arizona.
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He came home to take us
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to my grandmother's house
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for safety reasons
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and to be there
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and not to be in the line
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of fire, where the fighting
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was going on and so forth.
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Then my father returned to work,
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to Pearl Harbor.
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My father was on the Arizona
09:40.066 --> 09:45.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5%
that same morning
09:41.100 --> 09:47.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5%
and had just left the Arizona
09:43.500 --> 09:48.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5%
when all that happened.
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And how he ever
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got home is beyond me,
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because he had to leave
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Ford Island to come across
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the way to -- to go to our home,
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to take us to safety.
09:59.933 --> 10:03.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
and family watched the attack
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on Pearl Harbor, also.
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>> My mother was living
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with her father in Pearl Harbor.
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He was in charge of the Navy
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shipyard, and they were there
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for the bombing at Pearl Harbor.
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And my grandmother tells of,
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you know, looking up
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and seeing the Japanese plane
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with the rising sun on it
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and seeing the pilot.
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And being a good Catholic,
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they all gathered around
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and said the Rosary.
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♪
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>> The carnage left
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almost 2,400 Americans dead.
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Almost half of those killed
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that morning, 1,177,
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were on the battleship
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U.S.S. Arizona.
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>> Our visitors that come today,
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they're shocked.
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Sometimes had no idea of the,
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you know, this story as immense
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and as -- as deadly as it was,
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that Pearl Harbor
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was a catastrophe
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for the United States
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and for the Pacific Fleet.
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♪
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♪
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>> Elvis Aaron Presley
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was born in January of 1935
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in Tupelo, Mississippi,
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six years prior to Pearl Harbor.
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Nobody knew from these
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early photos that Elvis Presley
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was on his way
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to becoming a music legend,
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a first name only needed
11:48.433 --> 11:53.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25%
superstar.
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By 1956,
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Elvis was already being referred
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to as the fledgling king
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of all rock 'n' roll.
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Pearl Harbor and the
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U.S.S. Arizona
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would become an important,
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if lesser known, chapter of
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the Elvis Presley story.
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In 1949, as Elvis Presley
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navigated his teenage years in
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Mississippi,
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teaching himself to play guitar,
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an organization called the
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Pacific War Memorial Commission
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was forming in Hawaii.
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Their goal was to make sure
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all those who died
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on December 7, 1941,
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on the island of Oahu
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would be memorialized.
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In 1950, not waiting on any
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commission to act,
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United States Admiral
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Arthur Radford, commander and
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chief of the United States
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Pacific Fleet,
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of Pearl Harbor, especially
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those on the U.S.S. Arizona.
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>> Admiral Radford
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had the idea of memorializing
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the wreck of the Arizona.
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Now, it was -- been stripped
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down to its main decks.
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All the upper structure
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had been removed.
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And he built a platform,
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like a deck-like structure there
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with kind of banisters around
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it, a speaking platform
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and a flagpole.
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And then, he also dedicated a
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plaque.
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So, in 1950, the first memorial
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to the Arizona is initiated
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by the commanding admiral here.
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>> Each day, Admiral Radford
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had an American flag raised
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and lowered on that makeshift
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wooden platform
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above the wreck of the Arizona.
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Arthur Radford also had
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a small plaque attached to the
13:34.400 --> 13:39.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70%
wreckage of the U.S.S. Utah,
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which also still lies
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in Pearl Harbor,
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off Ford Island.
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Both ships were unsalvageable
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and watery graves
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for their crews.
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As for the U.S.S. Arizona,
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Arthur Radford's vision
13:51.733 --> 13:56.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5%
was for something on a much
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grander scale to be done
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to recognize the more than
13:56.266 --> 14:01.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5%
1,100 killed on the battleship.
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But what would that memorial
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look like?
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It took several more years,
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but a formal proposal for a new
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U.S.S. Arizona memorial
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was made to the
14:08.100 --> 14:15.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5%
Pacific War Memorial Commission
14:10.466 --> 14:18.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5%
by the 14th Navy District
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in Hawaii.
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In 1958, D-Day hero and now
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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gave his approval,
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allowing the commission
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to legally raise private funds
14:26.000 --> 14:32.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5%
to construct a memorial
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for the Arizona.
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$500,000 was needed.
14:32.400 --> 14:38.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5%
By the mid 1950s,
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Elvis Presley had become
14:36.200 --> 14:41.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65%
the biggest name in music.
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The world had never seen
14:39.300 --> 14:45.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50%
anything like Elvis,
14:41.166 --> 14:47.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65%
who moved across the stage
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like a gyrating tornado.
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From Maine to California,
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parents raised eyebrows
14:49.300 --> 14:53.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75%
while their sons and daughters
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danced and screamed.
14:52.266 --> 14:56.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5%
Presley also topped
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all the charts
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Elvis mania
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had taken over the islands.
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>> Everybody knows who he was.
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>> I heard him on the radio
15:04.933 --> 15:08.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5%
singing "Heartbreak Hotel."
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And every five minutes,
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I would hear him singing and
15:10.266 --> 15:13.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20%
singing.
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So that's what kicked things
15:13.166 --> 15:18.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5%
off for me.
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>> While Elvis was turning out
15:16.033 --> 15:22.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55%
one hit after another,
15:18.266 --> 15:25.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5%
the initial fundraising drive
15:20.000 --> 15:27.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5%
for the U.S.S. Arizona memorial
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limped along into late 1958.
15:25.966 --> 15:30.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55%
Some private donations
15:27.300 --> 15:32.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5%
came in here and there,
15:28.600 --> 15:34.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80%
but it was nowhere near the goal
15:30.633 --> 15:37.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65%
of a half million dollars.
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Things change dramatically
15:34.833 --> 15:41.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50%
on December 3, 1958.
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That's when television host
15:39.400 --> 15:45.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5%
Ralph Edwards visited
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the U.S.S. Arizona to honor
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one of the battleship's heroes.
15:45.966 --> 15:50.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5%
His national TV show,
15:47.933 --> 15:52.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50%
"This is Your Life,"
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also filmed segments
15:50.966 --> 15:57.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5%
inside Pearl Harbor's
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famed venue Bloch Arena.
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Ralph Edwards was asking
15:57.000 --> 16:02.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5%
Americans to once again
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remember Pearl Harbor,
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17 years after America
16:02.666 --> 16:07.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45%
was first attacked
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and went to war.
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>> "This Is Your Life,"
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the program for all America.
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And now here he is again,
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Mr. This Is Your Life himself,
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speaking to you from a Navy
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tug lying Ford Island
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in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
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Ralph Edwards.
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[ Applause ]
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"This Is Your Life,"
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Admiral Samuel Glenn Fuqua,
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U.S. Navy, retired.
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Thank you, and may God bless
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you.
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>> Thank you, Ralph.
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I appreciate all you...
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[ Applause ]
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>> Ladies and gentlemen of
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America, we have the high honor
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of helping to launch a project
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nationally approved
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by congressional resolution
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to enshrine the U.S.S. Arizona
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and provide here a fitting
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monument to the memory
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of the young Americans
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who died here.
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We're asking you to participate
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in this project,
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not out of your generosity
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but out of your loyalty
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to America, your patriotism.
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A commission has been appointed
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by the governor of the territory
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of Hawaii to raise the funds,
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and the Navy has been authorized
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by Congress to accept
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and to use the money
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that comes in to enshrine
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the U.S.S. Arizona.
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Are there 1 million,
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2 million, more, of you
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out there in our audience
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who will put a dollar bill
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in an envelope right now?
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Address it
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and send it to U.S.S. Arizona,
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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You'll be helping to build
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a national cemetery
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for those who died for you
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and lie here
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in an unmarked grave.
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And you'll be answering
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the prayer closest to the heart
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of Rear Admiral Samuel Fuqua,
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U.S. Navy, retired,
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and to the hearts of all the men
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and women in all branches of the
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service, to whom the very words
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Pearl Harbor were a fighting
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challenge that led them on to
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>> And they initially got
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$90,000 of money.
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>> The idea was to honor
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the memory of those
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who had died at Pearl Harbor
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on December 7th, 1941.
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>> Ralph Edwards knew
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Medal of Honor recipient
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Samuel Fuqua's leadership of
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his crew on December 7, 1941,
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would resonate with the public,
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as do the voices still of
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the men Fuqua commanded,
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such as Bill Woodward.
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>> November 18, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor.
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Honey, I sure hope
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that they let me out of here
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as soon as my time is up
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instead of holding me
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in a couple of months or so.
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That would really be
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the last straw.
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I sure wish I could be with you
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Thanksgiving Day, my sweet.
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Your own, Bill.
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♪
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>> With additional private funds
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now available, thanks to
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Ralph Edwards' efforts, the
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Pacific War Memorial Commission
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and the 14th Navy District
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set out to hire an architect
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to design the new U.S.S. Arizona
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memorial.
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>> The most important thing
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about this,
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despite all of this fundraising,
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what was the idea?
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What was it going to look like?
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And so there were a number of
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people that entered a
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competition.
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>> Alfred Preis, an immigrant
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from Nazi-occupied Vienna,
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Austria, was chosen.
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>> Alfred Preis' design
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was not exactly what
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they thought it was going to be,
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yet it was provocative,
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it was contemporary art.
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And Alfred, being a refugee
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himself from -- from Austria
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and incarcerated with
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Japanese Americans initially
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because he was from an Axis
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power so is at Sand Island
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but proves to be a loyal guy
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and ends up being an architect
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for the Navy throughout the war,
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he submits this design,
19:45.200 --> 19:50.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5%
and the Navy said, "Make sure
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it's a bridge-like structure."
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So some of the architects
19:50.733 --> 19:53.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5%
thought, "Oh, bridge-like
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structure?
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You mean like ship?"
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And they built these pretty
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interesting designs,
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submitted those.
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Alfred interpreted it
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differently.
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He thought of a suspension
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bridge, and that's
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what that memorial is.
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I cannot think of any design
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other than this one.
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It is the
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U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.
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And so Alfred's genius
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was prosecuting the idea
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of a bridge-like structure
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and leaving us with a symbol
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unlike any other World War II
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or monument in our country.
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Those men are at peace now.
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They lie together in the ship,
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whether in remains or molecules.
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They're there, and the men
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that survive the ship,
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you know, over 40 of them have
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decided to go back to the ship.
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The question that always
20:47.733 --> 20:53.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5%
haunted me is, "Why?"
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They felt, some of them, that
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they were lucky, and they wanted
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to rejoin their shipmates.
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Each individual has a different
20:58.900 --> 21:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5%
tone and a different acceptance
21:01.000 --> 21:05.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5%
of that memorial.
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And I've noticed that with
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the veterans, and I've noticed
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that with my colleagues.
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Everyone has a little bit
21:08.833 --> 21:17.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5%
different bent on what that
21:10.500 --> 21:19.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75%
memorial design means and what
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Alfred Preis intended.
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>> Alfred Preis's approved
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blueprints laid out a
21:20.633 --> 21:27.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80%
184-foot-long, 36-foot-wide span
21:24.400 --> 21:29.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5%
across the U.S.S. Arizona's
21:26.433 --> 21:31.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30%
sunken hull.
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The memorial would cross the
21:29.300 --> 21:34.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5%
middle deck of the battleship
21:31.133 --> 21:36.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5%
but not touch the Arizona
21:32.866 --> 21:38.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5%
at any point.
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Preis's design called for rises
21:36.966 --> 21:43.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75%
at each end of the bridge-like
21:38.666 --> 21:44.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75%
span with a sag in the middle.
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The first rise would recognize
21:43.100 --> 21:48.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70%
the height of American pride
21:44.666 --> 21:49.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5%
before the war.
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The dip in the middle signified
21:48.066 --> 21:53.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5%
the low point of a nation
21:49.600 --> 21:55.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5%
following Pearl Harbor.
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The second rise represented
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American power reaching new
21:55.500 --> 22:02.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55%
heights after the war.
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Vermont marble would be used.
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A shrine room would host all
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the names of all those crewmen
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killed on December 7, 1941.
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Some of Arizona's crew
22:10.466 --> 22:16.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5%
also lie in unmarked graves
22:12.566 --> 22:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60%
just a few miles away at
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the National Memorial Cemetery
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of the Pacific,
22:17.733 --> 22:26.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65%
also called the Punchbowl.
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The Walker Moody Construction
22:24.533 --> 22:29.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5%
Company would build the
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memorial, assisted by the
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Pearl Harbor Public Works
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Center.
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Alfred Preis's plans
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for the new U.S.S. Arizona
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Memorial were approved.
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♪
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The territory of Hawaii
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in the 1950s was paradise
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a mix of diverse people
22:48.966 --> 22:53.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:32.5%
and cultures.
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>> We didn't live on the naval
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base, so we were more attuned
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to the rhythms of the classmates
22:58.966 --> 23:01.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5%
that I went to school with.
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We had Pacific Islanders,
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Hawaiians, Japanese,
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Chinese, haoles, kama'ainas --
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we had them all at my little
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school that I -- that I went to.
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>> Elvis made his first trip
23:14.033 --> 23:18.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50%
to perform in Hawaii
23:15.433 --> 23:20.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5%
in late 1957,
23:17.633 --> 23:21.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50%
prior to the islands
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being granted statehood
23:20.166 --> 23:26.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40%
two years later.
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>> Hawaii had a special
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kind of notch in Elvis's heart.
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He liked coming here.
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He liked the people here.
23:30.366 --> 23:35.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5%
He liked the music.
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He learned about slack-key
23:33.400 --> 23:39.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5%
and other types -- ukulele --
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and all of the things that we
23:37.333 --> 23:41.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5%
as people that live here know
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and local people have known
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for years, that there was
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music beyond the music.
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>> Arizo crewman Bill Woodward
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knew the local music well.
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More than anything, though,
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he just longed to be
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with his young family.
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>> November 22, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor.
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My very own precious darling
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wife and baby.
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Darling, I do love you so
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terribly much.
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And I can hardly wait
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until I can sit around the house
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with you in my arms
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and getting in your way
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when you're trying to cook
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or something as I kiss you.
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It will be so heavenly
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when we do get together again.
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Your own, Bill.
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♪
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>> There was early fundraising
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success,
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thanks to Ralph Edwards,
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and some seed money
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from the territory of Hawaii,
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but the Pacific War Memorial
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Commission soon realized
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that, in addition
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to private donations,
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it would eventually need federal
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or state contributions
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to get the memorial finished.
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In 1960, with construction
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now underway,
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only about half of the needed
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$500,000 for the memorial
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had been raised.
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That's when the longtime editor
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of The Honolulu Advertiser,
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a World War II veteran himself,
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stepped in to re-energize
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>> George Chaplin,
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he was editor for decades.
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He was always very involved
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in the community,
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very civic-minded.
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And there were --
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The fundraising for the
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Arizona Memorial was already
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going on, but they didn't have
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enough money.
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The fundraising was lagging.
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So what he did is,
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he wrote a letter addressed,
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"My dear fellow editor"
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and sent it to about a 1,500
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daily newspapers
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across the country, asking them
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for support writing articles
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about the need to raise funds
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for the Arizona Memorial,
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and about a week or so later,
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the editor of a Los Angeles
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newspaper -- no longer being
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published but called
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the Los Angeles Examiner --
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he wrote an editorial,
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and Colonel Parker,
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Elvis's manager,
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saw it, and I guess immediately
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called up George Chaplin
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and offered to do
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a fundraising concert.
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>> Colonel Tom Parker
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read the L.A. Examiner article
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in late 1960.
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Parker had been stationed with
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the Army in Waikiki, Hawaii.
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Earlier, in 1960,
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his superstar client,
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Elvis Presley,
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of a two-year enlistment
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in the United States Army.
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>> I learned a lot.
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I made a lot of friends that I
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never would have made otherwise.
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And, uh...I've had a lot of
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good experiences.
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>> In the spring of 1961,
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Elvis Presley was set to begin
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shooting a new feature film
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on the Hawaiian island of Oahu,
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called "Blue Hawaii."
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Colonel Tom Parker,
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with all the stars now aligning,
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felt here was an opportunity
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for a patriotic Elvis to pitch
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in while in Hawaii to help
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the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
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effort.
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>> And he saw that the editor
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was calling for
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a fundraising event
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for the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
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to help raise moneys.
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And all the editors throughout
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the country were doing
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these kind of editorials.
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He read the editorial,
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and he called the paper up,
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and he said, "Hey, we're --
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who's doing this, and all this?"
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and, "Oh, it's in Hawaii, da da
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da."
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Gives him a call, he says,
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"Well, we're coming over to do a
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film.
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Can Elvis do something to raise
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money?"
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And they came up with the idea
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of a benefit concert.
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Guess where.
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Held at Bloch Arena.
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>> Pearl Harbor Naval Station's
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Bloch Arena was chosen
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as the venue, the same
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Bloch Arena, which hosted the
27:49.200 --> 27:57.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65%
Ralph Edward show in 1958.
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The arena also had ties to the
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attack on Pearl Harbor itself.
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Bloch had been the venue
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in November and December of 1941
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for something called
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the Battle of Music.
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The Battle of Music was
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a competition between the bands
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on the various battleships
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anchored in Pearl Harbor,
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especially those along
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Battleship Row, off Ford Island.
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The last Battle of Music
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performance came on the night
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of December 6, 1941,
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at Bloch Arena.
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♪
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>> ♪ Yes, sir
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♪
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♪ No, no, sir
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♪
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♪ Yes, sir
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>> The U.S.S. Arizona's entire
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21-member band
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would be dead the next morning,
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along with many of the musicians
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on other battleships who
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took part in the competition.
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Plans were now coming together
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for an Elvis Presley
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U.S.S. Arizona Memorial benefit
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concert.
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>> Colonel Parker was,
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you know -- he was --
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he knew how to pull the strings.
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And it wasn't hard, because,
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you know, Elvis was
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a very patriotic fellow, and --
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and he loved the country.
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You know, he had served
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the country as a soldier.
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And so he was the kind of
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thing -- "Anything I can do."
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And he thought it was
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a good idea.
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But I think Colonel Parker
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thought it was also a good idea
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for Elvis to come to Hawaii
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and to get the publicity.
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As you know, Elvis returns.
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I mean, his return concert
29:39.066 --> 29:42.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5%
was here.
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It was like a place that he was
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reborn.
29:42.466 --> 29:47.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5%
And in a way,
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he was more sensitive now
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to understanding World War II
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since he wasn't in it and
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understanding about this story.
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I mean, the thing was, he was
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shocked at how many people had
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died.
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He didn't know.
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The Navy was the one
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that suggested Bloch Arena
30:04.400 --> 30:07.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5%
right away.
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And remember, they had
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a backdrop for the Bloch Arena
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because they had used it before
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in the "This Is Your Life"
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program.
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It was large enough to put
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a big concert in,
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and it had its ties back
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to the days of Pearl Harbor,
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with the last dance of the --
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before the war.
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You walk in there and you know
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that the Arizona's band
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once played there,
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that every man in that band
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was killed instantly
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on December 7th.
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And on that last night of peace,
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the strains of that music
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was coming across these waters.
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Little did they know that,
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the next day, the United States
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would be plunged into war.
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You go to Bloch Arena, and if
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you blink your eyes twice,
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you can go back to that time
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period because you can actually
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still see where the stage
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was for Elvis's concert.
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It was intimate.
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And so if you had a ticket
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for that, that was pretty neat
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because you were close,
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and you -- you could be
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drowned out by the music
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and watch Elvis wiggle.
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>> March 25th was the date set
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for the Bloch Arena
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Elvis Presley show.
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Tickets went on sale March 13,
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1961.
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26-year-old Elvis Presley
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purchased the very first one.
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It would be just his second
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live performance
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since leaving the Army.
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Sue Holderman's father,
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Charles Albert "Spike"
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Hennessey, would play an
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important role.
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>> And my father was then
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made the director of
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the fundraising in his position
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as director of the
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14th Naval District in Hawaii.
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He undertook it, of course,
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because it was a very
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worthy cause.
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He worked very hard at
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putting all the parts together
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so that when Elvis
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arrived the day of the concert
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that everything was in place.
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He was the go-to person
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when Elvis or Colonel Parker
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had any questions.
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Any problems whatsoever, they
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went to our -- my father.
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>> Some 20 years earlier,
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U.S.S. Arizona crewman
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Bill Woodward was writing home
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to his wife, Virginia,
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and baby daughter Karen about
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his new job on the battleship.
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>> November 24, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor.
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My very own precious darling
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wife and baby.
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Darling, from now on,
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be sure to address
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all of my letters to M division
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instead of B,
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as I've been transferred along
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with another machinist's mate
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and eight firemen.
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They transferred us because
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they want some experienced men
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in the engine rooms.
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I sure will be glad when
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the steamer comes in Wednesday.
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I should have at least
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three letters from you,
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and I will read each
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and every one of them six times.
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Just your own, Bill.
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>> On March 25, 1961,
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Elvis Presley stopped
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for a few early morning photos
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at the airport before departing
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Los Angeles, California,
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for Hawaii.
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Pan American Flight 817
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left L.A. early in the morning,
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the start of what was going
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to be a very long day.
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On board was the King of
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Rock 'n' Roll,
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Colonel Tom Parker,
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and a large entourage of
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opening-act musicians and
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support staff.
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The flight took about six hours.
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at Honolulu Airport around
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12:15 that same afternoon.
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A jet-lagged Elvis stepped off
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the plane at 12:27.
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>> It looks as if
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it's Elvis Presley!
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[ Crowd cheering ]
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Elvis is getting off the plane.
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He's shaking his head.
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He's accompanied by quite
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a few people there.
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And they're all moving around
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somewhere in form.
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That's Hal Wallis right behind
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Elvis Presley.
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Elvis is wearing a very
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conservative dark suit
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this morning.
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>> Thousands of fans had been
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waiting hours to see him.
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He was immediately weighed down
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with leis.
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>> It was flippin' crazy.
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There were so many
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And all of these fans welcome
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him.
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And, see, it just -- it had a
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buoyancy to it almost
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immediately that, "Elvis is
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here.
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He's going to give a concert.
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We're going to build this
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memorial."
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And so it had a life of its own.
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And while he was here, this --
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this town was on its heels.
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>> My name is David English,
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and I'm an author and researcher
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on Elvis Presley books.
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>> David English captured
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the entire Elvis/U.S.S. Arizona
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story from beginning to end
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"Rock Around the Bloch!",
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as in Bloch Arena.
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>> The scene at the airport
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was -- was amazing.
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There was 3,000 teenagers
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to receive Elvis.
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And what happened was, the
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regular passengers disembarked
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from the front of the plane.
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And there was, you know,
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"Where's Elvis?"
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He came out the back --
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the back door,
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where everyone just went wild.
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And he traveled through all
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the fans saying hello to him.
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And he had leis put onto him.
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And then he made his way
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to a waiting limousine,
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and they were driven
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through Honolulu to the hotel.
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And then, about quarter
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to 4:00 in the afternoon,
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he went to a press conference
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with all the waiting reporters
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and newsmen and some teenage --
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school teenagers there.
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>> The press conference
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in the Carousel Room
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at the Hawaiian Village
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that same day at 3:45
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was wild in its own right,
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with reporters from 27 area
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high schools among the more than
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100 people in attendance.
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One young schoolgirl
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just wouldn't let go of Elvis.
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Colonel Parker had to step in.
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>> Aloha. I guess you're
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wondering why I called you here.
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Tell you the truth, I can't tell
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you right now because I don't
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know.
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[ Laughter ]
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And we got a show tonight.
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>> Because, after all,
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what Elvis is doing here
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is for a very great cause.
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And so I speak very briefly
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but to the point
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on behalf of the 1,177 men who
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are entombed in the Arizona, and
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on their behalf and on behalf of
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the Pacific War Memorial
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Commission, we want to thank
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all who have played such a very
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important part in this program
36:40.333 --> 36:43.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5%
to be held tonight.
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>> Everywhere Elvis went,
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so did local promoter
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and disc jockey Tom Moffatt.
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Moffatt was legendary
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in the islands for helping
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the big acts get organized
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when they came to Oahu.
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>> I think that the most
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important local connection
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that really made this goal
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was Tom Moffatt.
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Tom Moffatt was a -- you know,
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a guy that just promoted a lot
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of things and brought bands in.
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And now having Elvis
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and being part of that --
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the concerts.
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He knew all of that.
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>> Every night while I'm doing
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my homework, I would listen
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to --
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I have a little transistor
37:20.566 --> 37:23.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15%
radio.
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I would listen to the radio.
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And nothing but Elvis's song
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all the time.
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But every five minutes, Elvis.
37:27.866 --> 37:32.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50%
And that's how I met
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Tom Moffatt.
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"Uncle Tom, please play Elvis.
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Uncle Tom, please play Elvis."
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>> Moffatt would make certain
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the Bloch Arena show received
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great publicity.
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Elvis was in town, after all,
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for a purpose -- to help ensure
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all those on the U.S.S. Arizona,
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such as crewman Bill Woodward,
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would always have a place
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in history.
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>> November 26, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor.
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My very own precious darling
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wife and baby.
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Well, darling, we go to sea
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again Friday for another week.
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We will be back in
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the 4th of December, I think.
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I only hope that the next time
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we go out,
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we will be going to the States.
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Well, darling, I must close
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for tonight and go to bed
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and have one of our dreams.
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I only wish it could be real,
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but it will be forever
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one of these days.
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Your own, Bill.
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>> Tickets for the March 25th
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were priced anywhere from $3
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to $100.
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>> My stepdad owned
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a savings and loan.
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And they bought one ticket,
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and I was it.
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>> And I told my mom and my dad,
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my brothers and sisters,
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"I have to go to this."
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>> Because it was a fundraiser
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for a new U.S.S. Arizona
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memorial, everyone had to pay
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that night to get in.
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Even Elvis's opening acts,
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including Minnie Pearl,
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Boots Randolph, and
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The Jordanaires
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had to buy tickets.
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Elvis bought tickets for 30
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patients at nearby
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Tripler Military Hospital.
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The rest of the seats at
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Bloch Arena had sold out fast.
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Unfortunately, Sue Holderman
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didn't have a ticket
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to Elvis's concert,
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even though her father was on
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the event planning committee.
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That would change.
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>> My father knew
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how much I liked Elvis.
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He mentioned to Colonel Parker
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that it would be
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a real nice thing if he could
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just bring me by Elvis's
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and Colonel Parker's hotel room.
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And Colonel Parker said,
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"Of course.
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Please come."
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At the end of our brief stay,
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Elvis said, "I'll see you
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tonight."
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"We won't be going.
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We can't afford it.
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I have six kids living in
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Waikiki.
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There's no way that we can go."
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Elvis turned to Colonel Parker,
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and he said, "Would you get her
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a ticket?"
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And he went into his office
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room, whatever, came out
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with a ticket for me
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for the concert that night.
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>> With her free ticket in hand,
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Sue Holderman,
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along with Sally Hall,
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Lovely Kwock, and 4,000
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other people descended
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on Bloch Arena at Pearl Harbor
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on the evening of March 25,
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1961.
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The concert was set to begin
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The gates at Bloch Arena opened
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at 7:15 that evening.
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>> That night,
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my father dropped me off,
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and one of Elvis's attendants
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escorted me in.
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Screaming fans.
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There were only 4,000 people.
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There could've been 400,000 for
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the amount of noise coming out.
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There was no seat for me because
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I was just a last-minute add-on.
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I remember the attendant
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asking one of the ushers
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to get a folding chair
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and bring it into the aisle.
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And I was front and center,
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sticking out of an aisle
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of a row,
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embarrassed, because here
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I was just right out there
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in kind of the middle
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of this row of people
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pretty much in the front.
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And, okay, 12 years old.
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I thought, "This couldn't get
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any better than this."
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>> Also attending the concert
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on the night of March 25, 1961,
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was Mildred Martin.
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Mildred, you remember,
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had watched the actual attack
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at Pearl Harbor on December 7,
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1941, as a 5-year-old.
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Her dad had been on
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the U.S.S. Arizona
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that very Sunday morning,
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finishing up some construction
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work before returning home.
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Now, as a married adult
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in her mid 20s,
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Mildred was going to see
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Elvis raise money to honor
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those killed on the Arizona,
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an event she witnessed.
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>> And it's a great pleasure
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to welcome him here
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and to present to you
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[ Crowd cheering ]
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>> Everybody screamed.
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This young man is doing
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a fantastic job of trying
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to honor our Arizona people.
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>> I had a friend, Rick Benson,
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and his father
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was Admiral Benson,
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and he asked me to go
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to this concert.
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And so Admiral Benson
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got us seats center.
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It was between
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the fifth and tenth row.
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I think we were right up front.
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And it was very exciting.
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>> And guess where I sat.
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In the back of the stage.
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But at least I got there.
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It was the closest I could get
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to him, 'cause I wanted to see
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him.
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I wanted to touch him.
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>> People were screaming,
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and there was just this light
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and this energy
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that you can't believe.
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And he had
42:54.800 --> 42:59.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75%
this wonderful sense of humor,
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which you don't normally get,
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you know, because he would go
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like this, wiggle his arm,
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and everybody would scream.
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And he'd laugh, so he'd do
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a little bit of a song,
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then shake his leg a little,
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and everyone would scream
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and he'd laugh.
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It's like he really enjoyed
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seeing what he could do
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to make people scream.
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>> Boy, it was so loud, so
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crowded, so much noise.
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You couldn't hear anything.
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You couldn't even hear the words
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of the song.
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>> I sang along.
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Sang along with a lot of the
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songs.
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"Hound Dog" was my favorite,
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I think.
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>> There were people way up
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in the back, bleachers way up in
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the back, and there were chairs
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all down the bottom.
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He flicked his arm or wiggled,
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there was screams all over.
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>> Thank you very much.
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And I have to tell you, it's a
43:48.400 --> 43:51.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5%
pleasure to be back in -- where
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are we?
43:50.633 --> 43:54.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5%
Oh, Honolulu.
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[ Crowd cheering ]
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I'd like to thank you all for
43:54.233 --> 43:59.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5%
coming out.
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>> Elvis's 15-song, 45-minute
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set list that night included
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all of his top hits at the time,
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such as "Heartbreak Hotel,"
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"All Shook Up,"
44:03.866 --> 44:10.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5%
"Fool Such As I,"
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and "Don't Be Cruel,"
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and so many other fan favorites.
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>> Well, the one
44:11.433 --> 44:15.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5%
that really stood out was
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"You Ain't Nothing
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But a Hound Dog."
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>> ♪ You ain't nothin'
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but a hound dog ♪
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♪ Cryin' all the time
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♪ You ain't nothin'...
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>> Talk about knees melting.
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It was almost like their knees
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were just melting,
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like a silly teenager.
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And after that, I said, "Oh,
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wow.
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What he's doing, what he did
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here for the music,
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for raising funds and all,"
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I said, "That's really
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fascinating."
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>> ♪ Won't you love me tonight
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♪ One night with you
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♪
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>> One of the journalists
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at the time said that the roar
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from the teenaged crowd
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was so loud
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that none of the reporters
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could actually hear
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what Elvis was singing.
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And Elvis had said at the time
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that he could
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because, you know,
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no one could hear him.
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The sound system was, you know,
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not state-of-the-art,
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and the roar and the intensity
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of the -- of the crowd
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was such that, you know,
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no one could hear Elvis singing,
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which is quite ironic, really.
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>> Ladies and gentlemen, I'd
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like to do the very first record
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that we ever made.
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This was for the Sun Record
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people.
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It's called,
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"That's All Right, Mama."
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[ Crowd cheering ]
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♪
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♪ Well, that's all right, mama
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>> He had a gold lamé coat on.
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You know, it was just glistening
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and -- and just rocked,
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and people that were there
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had the time of their life.
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And, you know, think about it.
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This superstar comes to Hawaii
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in that time period?
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Wow.
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>> Elvis's concert
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at Bloch Arena
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had been a huge success
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for all his fans in attendance
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and for the U.S.S. Arizona
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memorial fundraising effort.
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That's what all the newspapers
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said the next day.
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>> My biggest-selling record
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was a song called
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"Don't Be Cruel."
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[ Crowd cheering ]
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♪
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>> I think that what stands out
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is hearing Elvis' voice talking
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to the crowd and, you know,
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engaging them.
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>> Thanks again,
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ladies and gentlemen.
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>> Elvis has left the building.
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>> It was such an incredible
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moment in time that, inside
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Bloch Arena today,
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the King of Rock 'n' Roll's
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March 25, 1961 visit
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is still memorialized.
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Articles, photos,
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and recognition line the walls.
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Elvis old dressing room
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that night, echoes from
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another time.
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Over $60,000 was raised from
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Elvis's concert,
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which was added to $250,000
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already now in the bank.
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The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
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project had regained its
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momentum, and better yet,
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received some much needed
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publicity.
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Disc jockey Tom Moffatt
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caught up with Elvis
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"Blue Hawaii" following
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the benefit at Bloch Arena.
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>> Were you happy with the
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turnout and the response from
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the show and everything?
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>> Oh, yeah, I sure was.
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And I was glad everybody
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was yelling and everything.
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Covered up my mistakes.
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[ Both laugh ]
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Because I hadn't -- I hadn't had
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any rehearsals, you know,
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and I've been out of practice.
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Hadn't been on stage since 1957.
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>> Yeah, yeah.
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That's a long time.
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>> The band -- The band had
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forgotten a song, I'd forgotten
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the lyrics to most of the songs.
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In fact, a lot of times, I said
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the same lyrics over and over
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and over, used the same line.
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>> Elvis's association
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with the memorial
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had a long reach
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as more donations arrived
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from across the country.
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Construction on the
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U.S.S. Arizona Memorial was now
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well underway,
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Alfred Preis's architectural
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drawings rounding
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into something concrete.
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The final piece
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of the fundraising puzzle
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came in late 1961.
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That's when Congress,
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led by
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Daniel Inouye, a World War II
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Medal of Honor recipient,
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provided an additional
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$150,000 in public
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funding to finish the project.
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Another World War II hero,
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President John F. Kennedy,
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approved the federal money.
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The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
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effort had reached its $500,000
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goal and then some, thanks to a
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mix of private and, at the end,
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public funding.
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Arizona crewman
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Bill Woodward's optimism
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about his family's future
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still resonated prior
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to December 7, 1941.
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>> November 1941.
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My very own precious darling
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wife and baby.
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Oh, darling, I do so hope that
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we go back to the States before
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long.
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There is a lot of talk that
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we will and a lot that we won't.
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It shouldn't be so very long
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before we know one way
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or the other.
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Oh, God.
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How I hope it's the right way.
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Your own, Bill.
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>> The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
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was completed in 1962,
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then dedicated on Memorial Day
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of that same year.
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♪
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♪
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♪
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♪
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Elvis had, indeed, helped to get
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the fundraising effort
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to the finish line,
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but it took an entire village --
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Admiral Arthur Radford,
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Ralph Edwards, George Chaplin,
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and Colonel Tom Parker,
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among others -- to help turn
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the original
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U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
50:31.266 --> 50:40.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65%
blueprints of Alfred Preis
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into a tangible memorial.
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♪
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>> The combination of
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Ralph Edwards'
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"This Is Your Life"
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and Elvis, "Blue Hawaii," we
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have a U.S.S. Arizona Memorial,
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and that's a great story.
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But, you know,
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I think about Samuel Fuqua,
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who came on deck
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of that battleship
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and looked around like -- right
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like we are here,
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and all around him were dead
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and burning people.
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And he found out really quickly
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none of those guys up forward
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survived.
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And so for Samuel Fuqua
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to be involved in raising
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and perpetuating this story and
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then eventually the fundraising,
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it really speaks well
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of the memory of Pearl Harbor
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and remembering that tragic day
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with this beautiful memorial
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that stands behind me.
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♪
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>> Elvis did the concert.
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He never forgot the Arizona.
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Every time he came to Hawaii,
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he would always stop off
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to visit, to pay homage,
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just to be there
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for the Arizona.
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And he took pride in knowing
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that the people of Hawaii
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appreciated whoever came to the
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Arizona, appreciated the
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memorial, to remember not him
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but those that gave their lives
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on that day.
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>> There was a momentum
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that hadn't been there before.
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And when Admiral Radford built
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his small little memorial
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in the 1950s,
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he always had the idea
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of a broader interpretation.
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>> When you visit,
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you're just more overwhelmed
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by the emotion of the place.
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>> And it still is the
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number-one visitation site here
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on Oahu.
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>> You know, there aren't
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very many human beings
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that influence so many people,
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and he -- he was -- he had a
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beauty about him.
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He was a good person.
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>> That's how Elvis is and was.
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Yeah.
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So helpful, caring, sharing,
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yeah.
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>> He was a wonderful
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entertainer for -- during his
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time, and, you know, it's too
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bad that he left us so early.
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>> I think it left a legacy
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for Elvis.
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It was something that was larger
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than himself.
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He came back to see the memorial
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that he had helped build.
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And you can see it in his eyes,
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the wonder of being there, that,
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"Yeah, I guess, in some ways,
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I helped out here."
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He couldn't see anything
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tangible at that time
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when he gave the concert,
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but when he came back,
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he could see that he was part
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of something much larger
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than he thought.
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>> Elvis Presley had
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become the effort's Pied Piper,
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the front man of the band,
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if you will.
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The Arizona Memorial,
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a part of the King's
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lasting legacy.
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>> December 2, 1941.
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Somewhere at sea.
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My very own precious darling
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wife and baby.
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After six more months, my sweet,
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you will never have to be alone
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for a whole day again.
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I will be terribly glad
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when we get back in,
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because it will be that much
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closer to the 13th,
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and I want to get my mail
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that I should have waiting
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for me there from you.
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for today and go on watch.
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Your own, Bill.
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>> Funding for this program
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provided by...
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>> FedEx cares about
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the communities where we live
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and work, supporting military
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families through organizations
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like the USO, Hiring Our Heroes,
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and Trees for Troops.
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>> Additional support provided
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by...
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>> Since 1946, serving the
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Armed Forces around the globe
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and individuals, families,
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WPS Health Solutions.
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>> This program was made
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possible by support from the
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Surface Navy Association,
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promoting recognition
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and surface forces
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in United States security.
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>> Support for this program
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also made possible by...