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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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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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I miss you.

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Darling, I have already picked

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No, I won't tell you what it is.

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ordered from the States,

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until around the 5th of December

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to order it

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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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December 7, 1941, slowly come

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this battleship didn't go away

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a lot of time -- to figure out

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and diverse group of people,

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and her fallen crew

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Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941,

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and the U.S.S.  Arizona

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was a young, charismatic singer

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from Mississippi.

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>> The United States of America

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was suddenly and deliberately

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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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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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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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and caught on fire

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and was burning.

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the fire, tugs.

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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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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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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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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

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that same morning

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and had just left the  Arizona

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when all that happened.

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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.

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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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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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they all gathered around

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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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>> 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

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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

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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

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was for something on a much

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grander scale to be done

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to recognize the more than

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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

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Pacific War Memorial Commission

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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

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to construct a memorial

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for the  Arizona.

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$500,000 was needed.

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By the mid 1950s,

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Elvis Presley had become

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the biggest name in music.

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The world had never seen

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anything like Elvis,

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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

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while their sons and daughters

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danced and screamed.

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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

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singing "Heartbreak Hotel."

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And every five minutes,

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I would hear him singing and

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singing.

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So that's what kicked things

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off for me.

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>> While Elvis was turning out

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one hit after another,

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the initial fundraising drive

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for the U.S.S.  Arizona  memorial

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limped along into late 1958.

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Some private donations

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came in here and there,

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but it was nowhere near the goal

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of a half million dollars.

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Things change dramatically

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on December 3, 1958.

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That's when television host

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Ralph Edwards visited

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the U.S.S.  Arizona  to honor

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one of the battleship's heroes.

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His national TV show,

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"This is Your Life,"

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also filmed segments

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inside Pearl Harbor's

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famed venue Bloch Arena.

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Ralph Edwards was asking

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Americans to once again

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remember Pearl Harbor,

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17 years after America

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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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00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:44,733
nationally approved

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00:16:40,066 --> 00:16:45,966
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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00:16:59,533 --> 00:17:04,766
by the governor of the territory

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of Hawaii to raise the funds,

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00:17:03,333 --> 00:17:07,633
and the Navy has been authorized

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00:17:04,766 --> 00:17:08,966
by Congress to accept

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00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:11,566
and to use the money

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00:17:07,633 --> 00:17:13,200
that comes in to enshrine

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00:17:08,966 --> 00:17:15,433
the U.S.S.  Arizona.

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Are there 1 million,

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2 million, more, of you

466
00:17:15,433 --> 00:17:20,266
out there in our audience

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00:17:17,366 --> 00:17:21,266
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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00:17:36,466 --> 00:17:42,200
of Rear Admiral Samuel Fuqua,

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00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:43,433
U.S. Navy, retired,

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and to the hearts of all the men

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00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:47,066
and women in all branches of the

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service, to whom the very words

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00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:49,666
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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00:18:15,066 --> 00:18:22,533
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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00:18:48,366 --> 00:18:54,133
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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00:19:00,066 --> 00:19:04,066
>> The most important thing

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about this,

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00:19:01,966 --> 00:19:07,300
despite all of this fundraising,

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00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:08,300
what was the idea?

525
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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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00:19:10,733 --> 00:19:16,966
>> Alfred Preis, an immigrant

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from Nazi-occupied Vienna,

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Austria, was chosen.

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00:19:16,966 --> 00:19:22,100
>> Alfred Preis' design

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was not exactly what

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00:19:19,966 --> 00:19:25,666
they thought it was going to be,

535
00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:27,700
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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00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:33,900
himself from -- from Austria

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00:19:30,733 --> 00:19:35,833
and incarcerated with

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Japanese Americans initially

541
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because he was from an Axis

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00:19:35,833 --> 00:19:41,533
power so is at Sand Island

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00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:43,400
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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00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:49,433
he submits this design,

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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

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thought, "Oh, bridge-like

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00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:54,600
structure?

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00:19:52,166 --> 00:19:56,366
You mean like ship?"

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00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:57,633
And they built these pretty

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00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,633
interesting designs,

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00:19:56,366 --> 00:19:59,233
submitted those.

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Alfred interpreted it

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differently.

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00:19:59,233 --> 00:20:03,500
He thought of a suspension

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00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:07,533
bridge, and that's

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what that memorial is.

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00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:09,766
I cannot think of any design

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00:20:07,533 --> 00:20:11,300
other than this one.

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00:20:09,033 --> 00:20:13,666
It is the

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00:20:09,766 --> 00:20:15,766
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.

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00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:17,366
And so Alfred's genius

566
00:20:13,666 --> 00:20:19,300
was prosecuting the idea

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00:20:15,766 --> 00:20:21,600
of a bridge-like structure

568
00:20:17,366 --> 00:20:25,100
and leaving us with a symbol

569
00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:27,666
unlike any other World War II

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00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:30,866
or monument in our country.

571
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:34,200
Those men are at peace now.

572
00:20:27,666 --> 00:20:37,666
They lie together in the ship,

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00:20:30,866 --> 00:20:41,000
whether in remains or molecules.

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00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:43,400
They're there, and the men

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00:20:37,666 --> 00:20:46,200
that survive the ship,

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00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:47,733
you know, over 40 of them have

577
00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:50,100
decided to go back to the ship.

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00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:51,933
The question that always

579
00:20:47,733 --> 00:20:53,766
haunted me is, "Why?"

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00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:56,266
They felt, some of them, that

581
00:20:51,933 --> 00:20:58,900
they were lucky, and they wanted

582
00:20:53,766 --> 00:21:01,000
to rejoin their shipmates.

583
00:20:56,266 --> 00:21:02,433
Each individual has a different

584
00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:03,866
tone and a different acceptance

585
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,600
of that memorial.

586
00:21:02,433 --> 00:21:07,300
And I've noticed that with

587
00:21:03,866 --> 00:21:08,833
the veterans, and I've noticed

588
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,500
that with my colleagues.

589
00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:13,066
Everyone has a little bit

590
00:21:08,833 --> 00:21:17,033
different bent on what that

591
00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:19,033
memorial design means and what

592
00:21:13,066 --> 00:21:20,633
Alfred Preis intended.

593
00:21:17,033 --> 00:21:24,400
>> Alfred Preis's approved

594
00:21:19,033 --> 00:21:26,433
blueprints laid out a

595
00:21:20,633 --> 00:21:27,966
184-foot-long, 36-foot-wide span

596
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:29,300
across the U.S.S.  Arizona's

597
00:21:26,433 --> 00:21:31,133
sunken hull.

598
00:21:27,966 --> 00:21:32,866
The memorial would cross the

599
00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:34,433
middle deck of the battleship

600
00:21:31,133 --> 00:21:36,966
but not touch the  Arizona

601
00:21:32,866 --> 00:21:38,666
at any point.

602
00:21:34,433 --> 00:21:41,466
Preis's design called for rises

603
00:21:36,966 --> 00:21:43,100
at each end of the bridge-like

604
00:21:38,666 --> 00:21:44,666
span with a sag in the middle.

605
00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:46,166
The first rise would recognize

606
00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:48,066
the height of American pride

607
00:21:44,666 --> 00:21:49,600
before the war.

608
00:21:46,166 --> 00:21:51,600
The dip in the middle signified

609
00:21:48,066 --> 00:21:53,166
the low point of a nation

610
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:55,500
following Pearl Harbor.

611
00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:57,466
The second rise represented

612
00:21:53,166 --> 00:22:00,266
American power reaching new

613
00:21:55,500 --> 00:22:02,400
heights after the war.

614
00:21:57,466 --> 00:22:04,533
Vermont marble would be used.

615
00:22:00,266 --> 00:22:08,700
A shrine room would host all

616
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:10,466
the names of all those crewmen

617
00:22:04,533 --> 00:22:12,566
killed on December 7, 1941.

618
00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:14,333
Some of  Arizona's crew

619
00:22:10,466 --> 00:22:16,400
also lie in unmarked graves

620
00:22:12,566 --> 00:22:17,733
just a few miles away at

621
00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:22,533
the National Memorial Cemetery

622
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:24,533
of the Pacific,

623
00:22:17,733 --> 00:22:26,066
also called the Punchbowl.

624
00:22:22,533 --> 00:22:27,700
The Walker Moody Construction

625
00:22:24,533 --> 00:22:29,266
Company would build the

626
00:22:26,066 --> 00:22:30,433
memorial, assisted by the

627
00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:31,866
Pearl Harbor Public Works

628
00:22:29,266 --> 00:22:33,566
Center.

629
00:22:30,433 --> 00:22:37,366
Alfred Preis's plans

630
00:22:31,866 --> 00:22:40,866
for the new U.S.S. Arizona

631
00:22:33,566 --> 00:22:42,966
Memorial were approved.

632
00:22:37,366 --> 00:22:45,300
♪

633
00:22:40,866 --> 00:22:47,200
The territory of Hawaii

634
00:22:42,966 --> 00:22:48,966
in the 1950s was paradise

635
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,700
a mix of diverse people

636
00:22:48,966 --> 00:22:53,066
and cultures.

637
00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:56,266
>> We didn't live on the naval

638
00:22:53,066 --> 00:22:58,966
base, so we were more attuned

639
00:22:56,266 --> 00:23:00,166
to the rhythms of the classmates

640
00:22:58,966 --> 00:23:01,933
that I went to school with.

641
00:23:00,166 --> 00:23:04,800
We had Pacific Islanders,

642
00:23:01,933 --> 00:23:07,700
Hawaiians, Japanese,

643
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,766
Chinese, haoles, kama'ainas --

644
00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:12,466
we had them all at my little

645
00:23:08,766 --> 00:23:14,033
school that I -- that I went to.

646
00:23:12,466 --> 00:23:17,633
>> Elvis made his first trip

647
00:23:14,033 --> 00:23:18,800
to perform in Hawaii

648
00:23:15,433 --> 00:23:20,166
in late 1957,

649
00:23:17,633 --> 00:23:21,733
prior to the islands

650
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,533
being granted statehood

651
00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:26,566
two years later.

652
00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:28,466
>> Hawaii had a special

653
00:23:23,533 --> 00:23:30,366
kind of notch in Elvis's heart.

654
00:23:26,566 --> 00:23:31,766
He liked coming here.

655
00:23:28,466 --> 00:23:33,400
He liked the people here.

656
00:23:30,366 --> 00:23:35,366
He liked the music.

657
00:23:31,766 --> 00:23:37,333
He learned about slack-key

658
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:39,200
and other types -- ukulele --

659
00:23:35,366 --> 00:23:40,233
and all of the things that we

660
00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:41,566
as people that live here know

661
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:45,333
and local people have known

662
00:23:40,233 --> 00:23:48,000
for years, that there was

663
00:23:41,566 --> 00:23:50,166
music beyond the music.

664
00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:51,966
>>   Arizo  crewman Bill Woodward

665
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:53,333
knew the local music well.

666
00:23:50,166 --> 00:23:55,466
More than anything, though,

667
00:23:51,966 --> 00:23:57,766
he just longed to be

668
00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:59,133
with his young family.

669
00:23:55,466 --> 00:24:00,866
>> November 22, 1941.

670
00:23:57,766 --> 00:24:02,166
Pearl Harbor.

671
00:23:59,133 --> 00:24:03,766
My very own precious darling

672
00:24:00,866 --> 00:24:05,066
wife and baby.

673
00:24:02,166 --> 00:24:06,466
Darling, I do love you so

674
00:24:03,766 --> 00:24:07,833
terribly much.

675
00:24:05,066 --> 00:24:09,466
And I can hardly wait

676
00:24:06,466 --> 00:24:11,000
until I can sit around the house

677
00:24:07,833 --> 00:24:12,000
with you in my arms

678
00:24:09,466 --> 00:24:14,366
and getting in your way

679
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,666
when you're trying to cook

680
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:18,233
or something as I kiss you.

681
00:24:14,366 --> 00:24:20,233
It will be so heavenly

682
00:24:15,666 --> 00:24:25,900
when we do get together again.

683
00:24:18,233 --> 00:24:27,433
Your own, Bill.

684
00:24:20,233 --> 00:24:28,433
♪

685
00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:29,800
>> There was early fundraising

686
00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:30,833
success,

687
00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:33,566
thanks to Ralph Edwards,

688
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:35,200
and some seed money

689
00:24:30,833 --> 00:24:37,233
from the territory of Hawaii,

690
00:24:33,566 --> 00:24:38,266
but the Pacific War Memorial

691
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,866
Commission soon realized

692
00:24:37,233 --> 00:24:41,733
that, in addition

693
00:24:38,266 --> 00:24:43,266
to private donations,

694
00:24:39,866 --> 00:24:46,900
it would eventually need federal

695
00:24:41,733 --> 00:24:48,866
or state contributions

696
00:24:43,266 --> 00:24:50,300
to get the memorial finished.

697
00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:52,066
In 1960, with construction

698
00:24:48,866 --> 00:24:54,700
now underway,

699
00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:56,333
only about half of the needed

700
00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:58,500
$500,000 for the memorial

701
00:24:54,700 --> 00:25:00,766
had been raised.

702
00:24:56,333 --> 00:25:03,066
That's when the longtime editor

703
00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:04,766
of   The Honolulu Advertiser,

704
00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:06,766
a World War II veteran himself,

705
00:25:03,066 --> 00:25:07,900
stepped in to re-energize

706
00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:09,733
>> George Chaplin,

707
00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:11,300
he was editor for decades.

708
00:25:09,733 --> 00:25:12,133
He was always very involved

709
00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:13,833
in the community,

710
00:25:12,133 --> 00:25:15,600
very civic-minded.

711
00:25:13,833 --> 00:25:16,900
And there were --

712
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,500
The fundraising for the

713
00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:20,500
Arizona Memorial was already

714
00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:22,066
going on, but they didn't have

715
00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:24,066
enough money.

716
00:25:22,066 --> 00:25:27,933
The fundraising was lagging.

717
00:25:24,066 --> 00:25:30,366
So what he did is,

718
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:33,800
he wrote a letter addressed,

719
00:25:27,933 --> 00:25:34,966
"My dear fellow editor"

720
00:25:30,366 --> 00:25:37,733
and sent it to about a 1,500

721
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:39,666
daily newspapers

722
00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:41,500
across the country, asking them

723
00:25:37,733 --> 00:25:43,666
for support writing articles

724
00:25:39,666 --> 00:25:47,000
about the need to raise funds

725
00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:48,933
for the Arizona Memorial,

726
00:25:43,666 --> 00:25:51,666
and about a week or so later,

727
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:52,666
the editor of a Los Angeles

728
00:25:48,933 --> 00:25:55,500
newspaper -- no longer being

729
00:25:51,666 --> 00:25:57,933
published but called

730
00:25:52,666 --> 00:26:00,266
the   Los Angeles Examiner --

731
00:25:55,500 --> 00:26:01,600
he wrote an editorial,

732
00:25:57,933 --> 00:26:05,900
and Colonel Parker,

733
00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:08,066
Elvis's manager,

734
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:10,466
saw it, and I guess immediately

735
00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:13,533
called up George Chaplin

736
00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:15,400
and offered to do

737
00:26:10,466 --> 00:26:17,733
a fundraising concert.

738
00:26:13,533 --> 00:26:19,966
>> Colonel Tom Parker

739
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:21,333
read the  L.A. Examiner  article

740
00:26:17,733 --> 00:26:26,033
in late 1960.

741
00:26:19,966 --> 00:26:28,333
Parker had been stationed with

742
00:26:21,333 --> 00:26:29,933
the Army in Waikiki, Hawaii.

743
00:26:26,033 --> 00:26:31,200
Earlier, in 1960,

744
00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:32,466
his superstar client,

745
00:26:29,933 --> 00:26:34,200
Elvis Presley,

746
00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:35,766
of a two-year enlistment

747
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,666
in the United States Army.

748
00:26:35,766 --> 00:26:38,700
>> I learned a lot.

749
00:26:37,666 --> 00:26:41,433
I made a lot of friends that I

750
00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:43,866
never would have made otherwise.

751
00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:46,000
And, uh...I've had a lot of

752
00:26:43,866 --> 00:26:48,566
good experiences.

753
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:52,266
>> In the spring of 1961,

754
00:26:48,566 --> 00:26:54,400
Elvis Presley was set to begin

755
00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:57,000
shooting a new feature film

756
00:26:52,266 --> 00:26:58,433
on the Hawaiian island of Oahu,

757
00:26:54,400 --> 00:27:00,866
called "Blue Hawaii."

758
00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:03,266
Colonel Tom Parker,

759
00:26:58,433 --> 00:27:05,700
with all the stars now aligning,

760
00:27:00,866 --> 00:27:07,766
felt here was an opportunity

761
00:27:03,266 --> 00:27:09,933
for a patriotic Elvis to pitch

762
00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:11,133
in while in Hawaii to help

763
00:27:07,766 --> 00:27:12,866
the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

764
00:27:09,933 --> 00:27:14,200
effort.

765
00:27:11,133 --> 00:27:15,400
>> And he saw that the editor

766
00:27:12,866 --> 00:27:17,633
was calling for

767
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:20,100
a fundraising event

768
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:21,366
for the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

769
00:27:17,633 --> 00:27:22,266
to help raise moneys.

770
00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:23,400
And all the editors throughout

771
00:27:21,366 --> 00:27:24,466
the country were doing

772
00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:26,266
these kind of editorials.

773
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:27,800
He read the editorial,

774
00:27:24,466 --> 00:27:29,233
and he called the paper up,

775
00:27:26,266 --> 00:27:30,433
and he said, "Hey, we're --

776
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,133
who's doing this, and all this?"

777
00:27:29,233 --> 00:27:32,133
and, "Oh, it's in Hawaii, da da

778
00:27:30,433 --> 00:27:33,166
da."

779
00:27:31,133 --> 00:27:33,800
Gives him a call, he says,

780
00:27:32,133 --> 00:27:35,333
"Well, we're coming over to do a

781
00:27:33,166 --> 00:27:35,800
film.

782
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,933
Can Elvis do something to raise

783
00:27:35,333 --> 00:27:38,200
money?"

784
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,400
And they came up with the idea

785
00:27:36,933 --> 00:27:41,333
of a benefit concert.

786
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:43,633
Guess where.

787
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:45,633
Held at Bloch Arena.

788
00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:47,366
>> Pearl Harbor Naval Station's

789
00:27:43,633 --> 00:27:49,200
Bloch Arena was chosen

790
00:27:45,633 --> 00:27:52,500
as the venue, the same

791
00:27:47,366 --> 00:27:54,700
Bloch Arena, which hosted the

792
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:57,200
Ralph Edward show in 1958.

793
00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:58,700
The arena also had ties to the

794
00:27:54,700 --> 00:28:01,733
attack on Pearl Harbor itself.

795
00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:02,966
Bloch had been the venue

796
00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:04,933
in November and December of 1941

797
00:28:01,733 --> 00:28:06,266
for something called

798
00:28:02,966 --> 00:28:08,100
the Battle of Music.

799
00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:09,933
The Battle of Music was

800
00:28:06,266 --> 00:28:11,766
a competition between the bands

801
00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:13,333
on the various battleships

802
00:28:09,933 --> 00:28:17,400
anchored in Pearl Harbor,

803
00:28:11,766 --> 00:28:18,900
especially those along

804
00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:20,766
Battleship Row, off Ford Island.

805
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:24,133
The last Battle of Music

806
00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:25,600
performance came on the night

807
00:28:20,766 --> 00:28:33,766
of December 6, 1941,

808
00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:34,933
at Bloch Arena.

809
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:37,133
♪

810
00:28:33,766 --> 00:28:38,366
>> ♪ Yes, sir

811
00:28:34,933 --> 00:28:40,433
♪

812
00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:42,600
♪ No, no, sir

813
00:28:38,366 --> 00:28:45,233
♪

814
00:28:40,433 --> 00:28:47,266
♪ Yes, sir

815
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:49,766
>> The U.S.S.  Arizona's  entire

816
00:28:45,233 --> 00:28:52,266
21-member band

817
00:28:47,266 --> 00:28:53,566
would be dead the next morning,

818
00:28:49,766 --> 00:28:57,300
along with many of the musicians

819
00:28:52,266 --> 00:28:59,333
on other battleships who

820
00:28:53,566 --> 00:29:00,633
took part in the competition.

821
00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:03,166
Plans were now coming together

822
00:28:59,333 --> 00:29:04,633
for an Elvis Presley

823
00:29:00,633 --> 00:29:06,000
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial benefit

824
00:29:03,166 --> 00:29:08,466
concert.

825
00:29:04,633 --> 00:29:09,933
>> Colonel Parker was,

826
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:12,300
you know -- he was --

827
00:29:08,466 --> 00:29:13,466
he knew how to pull the strings.

828
00:29:09,933 --> 00:29:16,533
And it wasn't hard, because,

829
00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:17,900
you know, Elvis was

830
00:29:13,466 --> 00:29:19,833
a very patriotic fellow, and --

831
00:29:16,533 --> 00:29:22,233
and he loved the country.

832
00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:24,966
You know, he had served

833
00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:26,833
the country as a soldier.

834
00:29:22,233 --> 00:29:27,966
And so he was the kind of

835
00:29:24,966 --> 00:29:28,666
thing -- "Anything I can do."

836
00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:29,600
And he thought it was

837
00:29:27,966 --> 00:29:31,033
a good idea.

838
00:29:28,666 --> 00:29:33,700
But I think Colonel Parker

839
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:36,433
thought it was also a good idea

840
00:29:31,033 --> 00:29:37,966
for Elvis to come to Hawaii

841
00:29:33,700 --> 00:29:39,066
and to get the publicity.

842
00:29:36,433 --> 00:29:40,233
As you know, Elvis returns.

843
00:29:37,966 --> 00:29:41,666
I mean, his return concert

844
00:29:39,066 --> 00:29:42,466
was here.

845
00:29:40,233 --> 00:29:43,633
It was like a place that he was

846
00:29:41,666 --> 00:29:45,333
reborn.

847
00:29:42,466 --> 00:29:47,433
And in a way,

848
00:29:43,633 --> 00:29:48,833
he was more sensitive now

849
00:29:45,333 --> 00:29:50,933
to understanding World War II

850
00:29:47,433 --> 00:29:52,700
since he wasn't in it and

851
00:29:48,833 --> 00:29:53,900
understanding about this story.

852
00:29:50,933 --> 00:29:54,433
I mean, the thing was, he was

853
00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:56,266
shocked at how many people had

854
00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:56,266
died.

855
00:29:54,433 --> 00:29:56,266
He didn't know.

856
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,700
The Navy was the one

857
00:30:03,166 --> 00:30:06,766
that suggested Bloch Arena

858
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,900
right away.

859
00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:08,933
And remember, they had

860
00:30:06,766 --> 00:30:09,933
a backdrop for the Bloch Arena

861
00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:11,100
because they had used it before

862
00:30:08,933 --> 00:30:12,266
in the "This Is Your Life"

863
00:30:09,933 --> 00:30:13,833
program.

864
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:15,333
It was large enough to put

865
00:30:12,266 --> 00:30:16,633
a big concert in,

866
00:30:13,833 --> 00:30:19,566
and it had its ties back

867
00:30:15,333 --> 00:30:21,333
to the days of Pearl Harbor,

868
00:30:16,633 --> 00:30:22,866
with the last dance of the --

869
00:30:19,566 --> 00:30:25,233
before the war.

870
00:30:21,333 --> 00:30:26,633
You walk in there and you know

871
00:30:22,866 --> 00:30:27,933
that the  Arizona's  band

872
00:30:25,233 --> 00:30:29,533
once played there,

873
00:30:26,633 --> 00:30:30,700
that every man in that band

874
00:30:27,933 --> 00:30:32,700
was killed instantly

875
00:30:29,533 --> 00:30:34,966
on December 7th.

876
00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:36,666
And on that last night of peace,

877
00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:38,266
the strains of that music

878
00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:39,766
was coming across these waters.

879
00:30:36,666 --> 00:30:41,366
Little did they know that,

880
00:30:38,266 --> 00:30:41,366
the next day, the United States

881
00:30:39,766 --> 00:30:41,366
would be plunged into war.

882
00:30:44,733 --> 00:30:49,033
You go to Bloch Arena, and if

883
00:30:46,033 --> 00:30:50,266
you blink your eyes twice,

884
00:30:47,566 --> 00:30:51,933
you can go back to that time

885
00:30:49,033 --> 00:30:53,933
period because you can actually

886
00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:55,233
still see where the stage

887
00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:56,200
was for Elvis's concert.

888
00:30:53,933 --> 00:30:58,000
It was intimate.

889
00:30:55,233 --> 00:30:59,533
And so if you had a ticket

890
00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:01,100
for that, that was pretty neat

891
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,500
because you were close,

892
00:30:59,533 --> 00:31:07,100
and you -- you could be

893
00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:09,600
drowned out by the music

894
00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:11,166
and watch Elvis wiggle.

895
00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:13,033
>> March 25th was the date set

896
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:15,033
for the Bloch Arena

897
00:31:11,166 --> 00:31:17,000
Elvis Presley show.

898
00:31:13,033 --> 00:31:19,800
Tickets went on sale March 13,

899
00:31:15,033 --> 00:31:22,266
1961.

900
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:24,133
26-year-old Elvis Presley

901
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:25,500
purchased the very first one.

902
00:31:22,266 --> 00:31:28,066
It would be just his second

903
00:31:24,133 --> 00:31:30,000
live performance

904
00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:31,800
since leaving the Army.

905
00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:33,766
Sue Holderman's father,

906
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:35,800
Charles Albert "Spike"

907
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:37,600
Hennessey, would play an

908
00:31:33,766 --> 00:31:39,600
important role.

909
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:42,900
>> And my father was then

910
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:44,800
made the director of

911
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:47,800
the fundraising in his position

912
00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:49,800
as director of the

913
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:51,300
14th Naval District in Hawaii.

914
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:54,066
He undertook it, of course,

915
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:59,066
because it was a very

916
00:31:51,300 --> 00:32:00,633
worthy cause.

917
00:31:54,066 --> 00:32:02,566
He worked very hard at

918
00:31:59,066 --> 00:32:03,933
putting all the parts together

919
00:32:00,633 --> 00:32:05,633
so that when Elvis

920
00:32:02,566 --> 00:32:06,900
arrived the day of the concert

921
00:32:03,933 --> 00:32:08,666
that everything was in place.

922
00:32:05,633 --> 00:32:09,966
He was the go-to person

923
00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:10,966
when Elvis or Colonel Parker

924
00:32:08,666 --> 00:32:15,600
had any questions.

925
00:32:09,966 --> 00:32:17,266
Any problems whatsoever, they

926
00:32:10,966 --> 00:32:19,333
went to our -- my father.

927
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:20,966
>> Some 20 years earlier,

928
00:32:17,266 --> 00:32:22,533
U.S.S.  Arizona  crewman

929
00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:24,500
Bill Woodward was writing home

930
00:32:20,966 --> 00:32:27,266
to his wife, Virginia,

931
00:32:22,533 --> 00:32:29,800
and baby daughter Karen about

932
00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:31,733
his new job on the battleship.

933
00:32:27,266 --> 00:32:33,466
>> November 24, 1941.

934
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:35,200
Pearl Harbor.

935
00:32:31,733 --> 00:32:36,900
My very own precious darling

936
00:32:33,466 --> 00:32:37,800
wife and baby.

937
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,633
Darling, from now on,

938
00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:41,000
be sure to address

939
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:42,400
all of my letters to M division

940
00:32:39,633 --> 00:32:44,100
instead of B,

941
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:45,800
as I've been transferred along

942
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:47,100
with another machinist's mate

943
00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:48,466
and eight firemen.

944
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:50,166
They transferred us because

945
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:51,500
they want some experienced men

946
00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:53,466
in the engine rooms.

947
00:32:50,166 --> 00:32:54,333
I sure will be glad when

948
00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:55,900
the steamer comes in Wednesday.

949
00:32:53,466 --> 00:32:57,000
I should have at least

950
00:32:54,333 --> 00:33:00,366
three letters from you,

951
00:32:55,900 --> 00:33:04,866
and I will read each

952
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:07,700
and every one of them six times.

953
00:33:00,366 --> 00:33:08,866
Just your own, Bill.

954
00:33:04,866 --> 00:33:10,566
>> On March 25, 1961,

955
00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:12,466
Elvis Presley stopped

956
00:33:08,866 --> 00:33:14,300
for a few early morning photos

957
00:33:10,566 --> 00:33:16,000
at the airport before departing

958
00:33:12,466 --> 00:33:18,366
Los Angeles, California,

959
00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:20,866
for Hawaii.

960
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:21,966
Pan American Flight 817

961
00:33:18,366 --> 00:33:24,333
left L.A. early in the morning,

962
00:33:20,866 --> 00:33:25,833
the start of what was going

963
00:33:21,966 --> 00:33:27,166
to be a very long day.

964
00:33:24,333 --> 00:33:28,866
On board was the King of

965
00:33:25,833 --> 00:33:30,566
Rock 'n' Roll,

966
00:33:27,166 --> 00:33:32,333
Colonel Tom Parker,

967
00:33:28,866 --> 00:33:33,733
and a large entourage of

968
00:33:30,566 --> 00:33:36,100
opening-act musicians and

969
00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:38,100
support staff.

970
00:33:33,733 --> 00:33:40,133
The flight took about six hours.

971
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:42,600
at Honolulu Airport around

972
00:33:40,133 --> 00:33:45,233
12:15 that same afternoon.

973
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:48,200
A jet-lagged Elvis stepped off

974
00:33:45,233 --> 00:33:49,800
the plane at 12:27.

975
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,600
>> It looks as if

976
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,600
it's Elvis Presley!

977
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:56,200
[ Crowd cheering ]

978
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:57,666
Elvis is getting off the plane.

979
00:33:54,766 --> 00:33:59,466
He's shaking his head.

980
00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:01,000
He's accompanied by quite

981
00:33:57,666 --> 00:34:01,800
a few people there.

982
00:33:59,466 --> 00:34:03,233
And they're all moving around

983
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,366
somewhere in form.

984
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:06,233
That's Hal Wallis right behind

985
00:34:03,233 --> 00:34:07,633
Elvis Presley.

986
00:34:04,366 --> 00:34:09,533
Elvis is wearing a very

987
00:34:06,233 --> 00:34:10,866
conservative dark suit

988
00:34:07,633 --> 00:34:13,166
this morning.

989
00:34:09,533 --> 00:34:15,000
>> Thousands of fans had been

990
00:34:10,866 --> 00:34:17,100
waiting hours to see him.

991
00:34:13,166 --> 00:34:19,666
He was immediately weighed down

992
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:21,100
with leis.

993
00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:22,233
>> It was flippin' crazy.

994
00:34:19,666 --> 00:34:23,400
There were so many

995
00:34:22,233 --> 00:34:24,466
And all of these fans welcome

996
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,033
him.

997
00:34:24,466 --> 00:34:27,500
And, see, it just -- it had a

998
00:34:26,033 --> 00:34:28,566
buoyancy to it almost

999
00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:29,133
immediately that, "Elvis is

1000
00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:30,366
here.

1001
00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:31,266
He's going to give a concert.

1002
00:34:30,366 --> 00:34:33,333
We're going to build this

1003
00:34:31,266 --> 00:34:37,000
memorial."

1004
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:43,366
And so it had a life of its own.

1005
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:44,733
And while he was here, this --

1006
00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:46,066
this town was on its heels.

1007
00:34:43,366 --> 00:34:47,566
>> My name is David English,

1008
00:34:44,733 --> 00:34:49,233
and I'm an author and researcher

1009
00:34:46,066 --> 00:34:51,800
on Elvis Presley books.

1010
00:34:47,566 --> 00:34:54,100
>> David English captured

1011
00:34:49,233 --> 00:34:55,133
the entire Elvis/U.S.S.  Arizona

1012
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:56,933
story from beginning to end

1013
00:34:55,133 --> 00:34:58,733
"Rock Around the Bloch!",

1014
00:34:56,933 --> 00:34:59,900
as in Bloch Arena.

1015
00:34:58,733 --> 00:35:01,200
>> The scene at the airport

1016
00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:03,866
was -- was amazing.

1017
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:05,433
There was 3,000 teenagers

1018
00:35:03,866 --> 00:35:07,133
to receive Elvis.

1019
00:35:05,433 --> 00:35:10,300
And what happened was, the

1020
00:35:07,133 --> 00:35:12,466
regular passengers disembarked

1021
00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:13,433
from the front of the plane.

1022
00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:14,666
And there was, you know,

1023
00:35:12,466 --> 00:35:15,866
"Where's Elvis?"

1024
00:35:13,433 --> 00:35:18,033
He came out the back --

1025
00:35:14,666 --> 00:35:19,666
the back door,

1026
00:35:15,866 --> 00:35:21,533
where everyone just went wild.

1027
00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:23,666
And he traveled through all

1028
00:35:19,666 --> 00:35:25,266
the fans saying hello to him.

1029
00:35:21,533 --> 00:35:27,300
And he had leis put onto him.

1030
00:35:23,666 --> 00:35:28,600
And then he made his way

1031
00:35:25,266 --> 00:35:32,533
to a waiting limousine,

1032
00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:34,066
and they were driven

1033
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:35,333
through Honolulu to the hotel.

1034
00:35:32,533 --> 00:35:37,766
And then, about quarter

1035
00:35:34,066 --> 00:35:39,266
to 4:00 in the afternoon,

1036
00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:41,833
he went to a press conference

1037
00:35:37,766 --> 00:35:43,600
with all the waiting reporters

1038
00:35:39,266 --> 00:35:44,700
and newsmen and some teenage --

1039
00:35:41,833 --> 00:35:45,900
school teenagers there.

1040
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,400
>> The press conference

1041
00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:49,600
in the Carousel Room

1042
00:35:45,900 --> 00:35:51,300
at the Hawaiian Village

1043
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:53,566
that same day at 3:45

1044
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:55,600
was wild in its own right,

1045
00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:57,900
with reporters from 27 area

1046
00:35:53,566 --> 00:35:59,466
high schools among the more than

1047
00:35:55,600 --> 00:36:01,866
100 people in attendance.

1048
00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:03,933
One young schoolgirl

1049
00:35:59,466 --> 00:36:04,766
just wouldn't let go of Elvis.

1050
00:36:01,866 --> 00:36:06,200
Colonel Parker had to step in.

1051
00:36:03,933 --> 00:36:07,300
>> Aloha. I guess you're

1052
00:36:04,766 --> 00:36:08,300
wondering why I called you here.

1053
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,900
Tell you the truth, I can't tell

1054
00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:11,900
you right now because I don't

1055
00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:13,700
know.

1056
00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:15,366
[ Laughter ]

1057
00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:16,600
And we got a show tonight.

1058
00:36:15,366 --> 00:36:18,833
>> Because, after all,

1059
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:21,766
what Elvis is doing here

1060
00:36:18,833 --> 00:36:24,000
is for a very great cause.

1061
00:36:21,766 --> 00:36:25,466
And so I speak very briefly

1062
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,666
but to the point

1063
00:36:25,466 --> 00:36:30,733
on behalf of the 1,177 men who

1064
00:36:28,666 --> 00:36:32,600
are entombed in the  Arizona,  and

1065
00:36:30,733 --> 00:36:34,133
on their behalf and on behalf of

1066
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:36,266
the Pacific War Memorial

1067
00:36:34,133 --> 00:36:38,200
Commission, we want to thank

1068
00:36:36,266 --> 00:36:40,333
all who have played such a very

1069
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,133
important part in this program

1070
00:36:40,333 --> 00:36:43,933
to be held tonight.

1071
00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:48,800
>> Everywhere Elvis went,

1072
00:36:43,933 --> 00:36:50,166
so did local promoter

1073
00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:51,433
and disc jockey Tom Moffatt.

1074
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:53,466
Moffatt was legendary

1075
00:36:50,166 --> 00:36:55,200
in the islands for helping

1076
00:36:51,433 --> 00:36:56,700
the big acts get organized

1077
00:36:53,466 --> 00:36:58,600
when they came to Oahu.

1078
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:59,833
>> I think that the most

1079
00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:01,600
important local connection

1080
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:05,133
that really made this goal

1081
00:36:59,833 --> 00:37:07,966
was Tom Moffatt.

1082
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:10,200
Tom Moffatt was a -- you know,

1083
00:37:05,133 --> 00:37:11,666
a guy that just promoted a lot

1084
00:37:07,966 --> 00:37:13,233
of things and brought bands in.

1085
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:14,333
And now having Elvis

1086
00:37:11,666 --> 00:37:14,966
and being part of that --

1087
00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:16,533
the concerts.

1088
00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:18,033
He knew all of that.

1089
00:37:16,533 --> 00:37:19,100
>> Every night while I'm doing

1090
00:37:18,033 --> 00:37:19,566
my homework, I would listen

1091
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:20,566
to --

1092
00:37:19,566 --> 00:37:21,633
I have a little transistor

1093
00:37:20,566 --> 00:37:23,700
radio.

1094
00:37:21,633 --> 00:37:26,233
I would listen to the radio.

1095
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:27,866
And nothing but Elvis's song

1096
00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:28,933
all the time.

1097
00:37:26,233 --> 00:37:30,366
But every five minutes, Elvis.

1098
00:37:27,866 --> 00:37:32,266
And that's how I met

1099
00:37:28,933 --> 00:37:34,533
Tom Moffatt.

1100
00:37:30,366 --> 00:37:35,733
"Uncle Tom, please play Elvis.

1101
00:37:32,266 --> 00:37:37,600
Uncle Tom, please play Elvis."

1102
00:37:34,533 --> 00:37:39,133
>> Moffatt would make certain

1103
00:37:35,733 --> 00:37:41,033
the Bloch Arena show received

1104
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:43,166
great publicity.

1105
00:37:39,133 --> 00:37:45,633
Elvis was in town, after all,

1106
00:37:41,033 --> 00:37:47,533
for a purpose -- to help ensure

1107
00:37:43,166 --> 00:37:49,033
all those on the U.S.S.  Arizona,

1108
00:37:45,633 --> 00:37:51,900
such as crewman Bill Woodward,

1109
00:37:47,533 --> 00:37:54,266
would always have a place

1110
00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:55,633
in history.

1111
00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:57,300
>> November 26, 1941.

1112
00:37:54,266 --> 00:37:59,066
Pearl Harbor.

1113
00:37:55,633 --> 00:38:00,866
My very own precious darling

1114
00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:03,266
wife and baby.

1115
00:37:59,066 --> 00:38:04,433
Well, darling, we go to sea

1116
00:38:00,866 --> 00:38:06,566
again Friday for another week.

1117
00:38:03,266 --> 00:38:07,900
We will be back in

1118
00:38:04,433 --> 00:38:09,033
the 4th of December, I think.

1119
00:38:06,566 --> 00:38:11,466
I only hope that the next time

1120
00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:12,600
we go out,

1121
00:38:09,033 --> 00:38:14,200
we will be going to the States.

1122
00:38:11,466 --> 00:38:16,833
Well, darling, I must close

1123
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:19,000
for tonight and go to bed

1124
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:20,066
and have one of our dreams.

1125
00:38:16,833 --> 00:38:21,933
I only wish it could be real,

1126
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,600
but it will be forever

1127
00:38:20,066 --> 00:38:23,600
one of these days.

1128
00:38:21,933 --> 00:38:23,600
Your own, Bill.

1129
00:38:27,766 --> 00:38:33,500
>> Tickets for the March 25th

1130
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:36,433
were priced anywhere from $3

1131
00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:38,133
to $100.

1132
00:38:36,433 --> 00:38:41,200
>> My stepdad owned

1133
00:38:38,133 --> 00:38:45,600
a savings and loan.

1134
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:47,166
And they bought one ticket,

1135
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,166
and I was it.

1136
00:38:47,166 --> 00:38:52,366
>> And I told my mom and my dad,

1137
00:38:49,166 --> 00:38:53,900
my brothers and sisters,

1138
00:38:50,366 --> 00:38:55,700
"I have to go to this."

1139
00:38:52,366 --> 00:38:58,133
>> Because it was a fundraiser

1140
00:38:53,900 --> 00:39:00,133
for a new U.S.S.  Arizona

1141
00:38:55,700 --> 00:39:02,566
memorial, everyone had to pay

1142
00:38:58,133 --> 00:39:04,700
that night to get in.

1143
00:39:00,133 --> 00:39:06,600
Even Elvis's opening acts,

1144
00:39:02,566 --> 00:39:08,000
including Minnie Pearl,

1145
00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:09,833
Boots Randolph, and

1146
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:11,633
The Jordanaires

1147
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:13,100
had to buy tickets.

1148
00:39:09,833 --> 00:39:15,700
Elvis bought tickets for 30

1149
00:39:11,633 --> 00:39:16,900
patients at nearby

1150
00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:20,100
Tripler Military Hospital.

1151
00:39:15,700 --> 00:39:22,366
The rest of the seats at

1152
00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:23,433
Bloch Arena had sold out fast.

1153
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:25,100
Unfortunately, Sue Holderman

1154
00:39:22,366 --> 00:39:26,566
didn't have a ticket

1155
00:39:23,433 --> 00:39:28,600
to Elvis's concert,

1156
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:31,033
even though her father was on

1157
00:39:26,566 --> 00:39:31,733
the event planning committee.

1158
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:34,133
That would change.

1159
00:39:31,033 --> 00:39:36,566
>> My father knew

1160
00:39:31,733 --> 00:39:37,633
how much I liked Elvis.

1161
00:39:34,133 --> 00:39:39,066
He mentioned to Colonel Parker

1162
00:39:36,566 --> 00:39:41,166
that it would be

1163
00:39:37,633 --> 00:39:43,100
a real nice thing if he could

1164
00:39:39,066 --> 00:39:44,100
just bring me by Elvis's

1165
00:39:41,166 --> 00:39:44,766
and Colonel Parker's hotel room.

1166
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:46,000
And Colonel Parker said,

1167
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:49,333
"Of course.

1168
00:39:44,766 --> 00:39:50,566
Please come."

1169
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:51,833
At the end of our brief stay,

1170
00:39:49,333 --> 00:39:52,833
Elvis said, "I'll see you

1171
00:39:50,566 --> 00:39:53,633
tonight."

1172
00:39:51,833 --> 00:39:54,733
"We won't be going.

1173
00:39:52,833 --> 00:39:55,200
We can't afford it.

1174
00:39:53,633 --> 00:39:57,133
I have six kids living in

1175
00:39:54,733 --> 00:39:59,233
Waikiki.

1176
00:39:55,200 --> 00:40:00,300
There's no way that we can go."

1177
00:39:57,133 --> 00:40:01,366
Elvis turned to Colonel Parker,

1178
00:39:59,233 --> 00:40:03,333
and he said, "Would you get her

1179
00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:04,966
a ticket?"

1180
00:40:01,366 --> 00:40:06,266
And he went into his office

1181
00:40:03,333 --> 00:40:09,566
room, whatever, came out

1182
00:40:04,966 --> 00:40:11,500
with a ticket for me

1183
00:40:06,266 --> 00:40:12,700
for the concert that night.

1184
00:40:09,566 --> 00:40:14,566
>> With her free ticket in hand,

1185
00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:17,000
Sue Holderman,

1186
00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:18,633
along with Sally Hall,

1187
00:40:14,566 --> 00:40:21,133
Lovely Kwock, and 4,000

1188
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:22,833
other people descended

1189
00:40:18,633 --> 00:40:25,100
on Bloch Arena at Pearl Harbor

1190
00:40:21,133 --> 00:40:27,166
on the evening of March 25,

1191
00:40:22,833 --> 00:40:29,933
1961.

1192
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:32,233
The concert was set to begin

1193
00:40:29,933 --> 00:40:34,433
The gates at Bloch Arena opened

1194
00:40:32,233 --> 00:40:35,533
at 7:15 that evening.

1195
00:40:34,433 --> 00:40:37,166
>> That night,

1196
00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:40,800
my father dropped me off,

1197
00:40:37,166 --> 00:40:42,366
and one of Elvis's attendants

1198
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,633
escorted me in.

1199
00:40:42,366 --> 00:40:47,633
Screaming fans.

1200
00:40:44,633 --> 00:40:48,933
There were only 4,000 people.

1201
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:50,733
There could've been 400,000 for

1202
00:40:47,633 --> 00:40:53,400
the amount of noise coming out.

1203
00:40:48,933 --> 00:40:55,500
There was no seat for me because

1204
00:40:50,733 --> 00:40:56,600
I was just a last-minute add-on.

1205
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,900
I remember the attendant

1206
00:40:55,500 --> 00:41:01,133
asking one of the ushers

1207
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:03,033
to get a folding chair

1208
00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:04,533
and bring it into the aisle.

1209
00:41:01,133 --> 00:41:06,366
And I was front and center,

1210
00:41:03,033 --> 00:41:07,633
sticking out of an aisle

1211
00:41:04,533 --> 00:41:09,033
of a row,

1212
00:41:06,366 --> 00:41:10,166
embarrassed, because here

1213
00:41:07,633 --> 00:41:12,766
I was just right out there

1214
00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:13,966
in kind of the middle

1215
00:41:10,166 --> 00:41:17,633
of this row of people

1216
00:41:12,766 --> 00:41:18,866
pretty much in the front.

1217
00:41:13,966 --> 00:41:21,266
And, okay, 12 years old.

1218
00:41:17,633 --> 00:41:23,066
I thought, "This couldn't get

1219
00:41:18,866 --> 00:41:25,933
any better than this."

1220
00:41:21,266 --> 00:41:27,866
>> Also attending the concert

1221
00:41:23,066 --> 00:41:29,333
on the night of March 25, 1961,

1222
00:41:25,933 --> 00:41:30,933
was Mildred Martin.

1223
00:41:27,866 --> 00:41:32,966
Mildred, you remember,

1224
00:41:29,333 --> 00:41:36,100
had watched the actual attack

1225
00:41:30,933 --> 00:41:37,233
at Pearl Harbor on December 7,

1226
00:41:32,966 --> 00:41:38,466
1941, as a 5-year-old.

1227
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:40,033
Her dad had been on

1228
00:41:37,233 --> 00:41:41,500
the U.S.S.  Arizona

1229
00:41:38,466 --> 00:41:44,033
that very Sunday morning,

1230
00:41:40,033 --> 00:41:45,733
finishing up some construction

1231
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:47,066
work before returning home.

1232
00:41:44,033 --> 00:41:48,533
Now, as a married adult

1233
00:41:45,733 --> 00:41:50,366
in her mid 20s,

1234
00:41:47,066 --> 00:41:52,366
Mildred was going to see

1235
00:41:48,533 --> 00:41:54,433
Elvis raise money to honor

1236
00:41:50,366 --> 00:41:56,266
those killed on the  Arizona,

1237
00:41:52,366 --> 00:41:57,866
an event she witnessed.

1238
00:41:54,433 --> 00:41:59,600
>> And it's a great pleasure

1239
00:41:56,266 --> 00:42:00,566
to welcome him here

1240
00:41:57,866 --> 00:42:02,366
and to present to you

1241
00:42:00,566 --> 00:42:04,466
[ Crowd cheering ]

1242
00:42:02,366 --> 00:42:07,700
>> Everybody screamed.

1243
00:42:04,466 --> 00:42:11,233
This young man is doing

1244
00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:14,733
a fantastic job of trying

1245
00:42:11,233 --> 00:42:18,200
to honor our  Arizona  people.

1246
00:42:14,733 --> 00:42:19,633
>> I had a friend, Rick Benson,

1247
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,666
and his father

1248
00:42:19,633 --> 00:42:21,833
was Admiral Benson,

1249
00:42:20,666 --> 00:42:23,400
and he asked me to go

1250
00:42:21,833 --> 00:42:24,733
to this concert.

1251
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:28,500
And so Admiral Benson

1252
00:42:24,733 --> 00:42:29,666
got us seats center.

1253
00:42:27,733 --> 00:42:31,633
It was between

1254
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:34,800
the fifth and tenth row.

1255
00:42:29,666 --> 00:42:36,000
I think we were right up front.

1256
00:42:31,633 --> 00:42:38,733
And it was very exciting.

1257
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:40,533
>> And guess where I sat.

1258
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:41,933
In the back of the stage.

1259
00:42:38,733 --> 00:42:42,966
But at least I got there.

1260
00:42:40,533 --> 00:42:44,333
It was the closest I could get

1261
00:42:41,933 --> 00:42:46,000
to him, 'cause I wanted to see

1262
00:42:42,966 --> 00:42:47,533
him.

1263
00:42:44,333 --> 00:42:49,600
I wanted to touch him.

1264
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:51,366
>> People were screaming,

1265
00:42:47,533 --> 00:42:53,300
and there was just this light

1266
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:54,800
and this energy

1267
00:42:51,366 --> 00:42:56,800
that you can't believe.

1268
00:42:53,300 --> 00:42:58,266
And he had

1269
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:59,800
this wonderful sense of humor,

1270
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:01,666
which you don't normally get,

1271
00:42:58,266 --> 00:43:03,500
you know, because he would go

1272
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:05,100
like this, wiggle his arm,

1273
00:43:01,666 --> 00:43:06,100
and everybody would scream.

1274
00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:07,766
And he'd laugh, so he'd do

1275
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:09,066
a little bit of a song,

1276
00:43:06,100 --> 00:43:09,866
then shake his leg a little,

1277
00:43:07,766 --> 00:43:13,100
and everyone would scream

1278
00:43:09,066 --> 00:43:16,066
and he'd laugh.

1279
00:43:09,866 --> 00:43:17,900
It's like he really enjoyed

1280
00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:20,033
seeing what he could do

1281
00:43:16,066 --> 00:43:21,833
to make people scream.

1282
00:43:17,900 --> 00:43:23,200
>> Boy, it was so loud, so

1283
00:43:20,033 --> 00:43:24,166
crowded, so much noise.

1284
00:43:21,833 --> 00:43:25,900
You couldn't hear anything.

1285
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:27,500
You couldn't even hear the words

1286
00:43:24,166 --> 00:43:28,600
of the song.

1287
00:43:25,900 --> 00:43:29,433
>> I sang along.

1288
00:43:27,500 --> 00:43:31,166
Sang along with a lot of the

1289
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:32,100
songs.

1290
00:43:29,433 --> 00:43:33,600
"Hound Dog" was my favorite,

1291
00:43:31,166 --> 00:43:35,633
I think.

1292
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:39,166
>> There were people way up

1293
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:41,333
in the back, bleachers way up in

1294
00:43:35,633 --> 00:43:44,366
the back, and there were chairs

1295
00:43:39,166 --> 00:43:46,366
all down the bottom.

1296
00:43:41,333 --> 00:43:47,366
He flicked his arm or wiggled,

1297
00:43:44,366 --> 00:43:48,400
there was screams all over.

1298
00:43:46,366 --> 00:43:50,066
>> Thank you very much.

1299
00:43:47,366 --> 00:43:50,633
And I have to tell you, it's a

1300
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:51,633
pleasure to be back in -- where

1301
00:43:50,066 --> 00:43:53,233
are we?

1302
00:43:50,633 --> 00:43:54,233
Oh, Honolulu.

1303
00:43:51,633 --> 00:43:55,100
[ Crowd cheering ]

1304
00:43:53,233 --> 00:43:57,533
I'd like to thank you all for

1305
00:43:54,233 --> 00:43:59,000
coming out.

1306
00:43:55,100 --> 00:44:01,033
>> Elvis's 15-song, 45-minute

1307
00:43:57,533 --> 00:44:02,700
set list that night included

1308
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:03,866
all of his top hits at the time,

1309
00:44:01,033 --> 00:44:05,233
such as "Heartbreak Hotel,"

1310
00:44:02,700 --> 00:44:06,633
"All Shook Up,"

1311
00:44:03,866 --> 00:44:10,233
"Fool Such As I,"

1312
00:44:05,233 --> 00:44:11,433
and "Don't Be Cruel,"

1313
00:44:06,633 --> 00:44:12,800
and so many other fan favorites.

1314
00:44:10,233 --> 00:44:13,533
>> Well, the one

1315
00:44:11,433 --> 00:44:15,333
that really stood out was

1316
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,166
"You Ain't Nothing

1317
00:44:13,533 --> 00:44:18,333
But a Hound Dog."

1318
00:44:15,333 --> 00:44:21,066
>> ♪ You ain't nothin'

1319
00:44:16,166 --> 00:44:21,766
but a hound dog ♪

1320
00:44:18,333 --> 00:44:24,366
♪ Cryin' all the time

1321
00:44:21,066 --> 00:44:25,766
♪ You ain't nothin'...

1322
00:44:21,766 --> 00:44:27,300
>> Talk about knees melting.

1323
00:44:24,366 --> 00:44:29,366
It was almost like their knees

1324
00:44:25,766 --> 00:44:31,066
were just melting,

1325
00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:32,233
like a silly teenager.

1326
00:44:29,366 --> 00:44:33,966
And after that, I said, "Oh,

1327
00:44:31,066 --> 00:44:35,100
wow.

1328
00:44:32,233 --> 00:44:37,100
What he's doing, what he did

1329
00:44:33,966 --> 00:44:38,533
here for the music,

1330
00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:39,766
for raising funds and all,"

1331
00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:43,866
I said, "That's really

1332
00:44:38,533 --> 00:44:47,100
fascinating."

1333
00:44:39,766 --> 00:44:50,033
>> ♪ Won't you love me tonight

1334
00:44:43,866 --> 00:44:51,200
♪ One night with you

1335
00:44:47,100 --> 00:44:53,933
♪

1336
00:44:50,033 --> 00:44:55,600
>> One of the journalists

1337
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:57,066
at the time said that the roar

1338
00:44:53,933 --> 00:44:58,766
from the teenaged crowd

1339
00:44:55,600 --> 00:45:00,100
was so loud

1340
00:44:57,066 --> 00:45:01,433
that none of the reporters

1341
00:44:58,766 --> 00:45:03,266
could actually hear

1342
00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:04,833
what Elvis was singing.

1343
00:45:01,433 --> 00:45:06,466
And Elvis had said at the time

1344
00:45:03,266 --> 00:45:07,466
that he could

1345
00:45:06,466 --> 00:45:09,033
because, you know,

1346
00:45:07,466 --> 00:45:11,066
no one could hear him.

1347
00:45:09,033 --> 00:45:12,866
The sound system was, you know,

1348
00:45:11,066 --> 00:45:14,900
not state-of-the-art,

1349
00:45:12,866 --> 00:45:16,133
and the roar and the intensity

1350
00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:17,766
of the -- of the crowd

1351
00:45:16,133 --> 00:45:19,966
was such that, you know,

1352
00:45:17,766 --> 00:45:22,500
no one could hear Elvis singing,

1353
00:45:19,966 --> 00:45:23,600
which is quite ironic, really.

1354
00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:26,333
>> Ladies and gentlemen, I'd

1355
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:27,900
like to do the very first record

1356
00:45:24,866 --> 00:45:28,900
that we ever made.

1357
00:45:26,333 --> 00:45:29,466
This was for the Sun Record

1358
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:31,233
people.

1359
00:45:28,900 --> 00:45:34,400
It's called,

1360
00:45:29,466 --> 00:45:36,666
"That's All Right, Mama."

1361
00:45:31,233 --> 00:45:39,766
[ Crowd cheering ]

1362
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:41,500
♪

1363
00:45:36,666 --> 00:45:43,200
♪ Well, that's all right, mama

1364
00:45:39,766 --> 00:45:45,033
>> He had a gold lamé coat on.

1365
00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:47,300
You know, it was just glistening

1366
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:48,600
and -- and just rocked,

1367
00:45:45,033 --> 00:45:50,166
and people that were there

1368
00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:52,500
had the time of their life.

1369
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:54,033
And, you know, think about it.

1370
00:45:50,166 --> 00:45:55,400
This superstar comes to Hawaii

1371
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:56,566
in that time period?

1372
00:45:54,033 --> 00:45:57,633
Wow.

1373
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:59,233
>> Elvis's concert

1374
00:45:56,566 --> 00:46:01,366
at Bloch Arena

1375
00:45:57,633 --> 00:46:03,100
had been a huge success

1376
00:45:59,233 --> 00:46:05,166
for all his fans in attendance

1377
00:46:01,366 --> 00:46:06,766
and for the U.S.S.  Arizona

1378
00:46:03,100 --> 00:46:08,933
memorial fundraising effort.

1379
00:46:05,166 --> 00:46:10,333
That's what all the newspapers

1380
00:46:06,766 --> 00:46:12,233
said the next day.

1381
00:46:08,933 --> 00:46:13,300
>> My biggest-selling record

1382
00:46:10,333 --> 00:46:15,566
was a song called

1383
00:46:12,233 --> 00:46:18,933
"Don't Be Cruel."

1384
00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:20,433
[ Crowd cheering ]

1385
00:46:15,566 --> 00:46:22,300
♪

1386
00:46:18,933 --> 00:46:24,400
>> I think that what stands out

1387
00:46:20,433 --> 00:46:26,033
is hearing Elvis' voice talking

1388
00:46:22,300 --> 00:46:26,733
to the crowd and, you know,

1389
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:29,866
engaging them.

1390
00:46:26,033 --> 00:46:34,500
>> Thanks again,

1391
00:46:26,733 --> 00:46:36,100
ladies and gentlemen.

1392
00:46:29,866 --> 00:46:38,133
>> Elvis has left the building.

1393
00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:39,733
>> It was such an incredible

1394
00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:41,133
moment in time that, inside

1395
00:46:38,133 --> 00:46:44,033
Bloch Arena today,

1396
00:46:39,733 --> 00:46:46,233
the King of Rock 'n' Roll's

1397
00:46:41,133 --> 00:46:48,366
March 25, 1961 visit

1398
00:46:44,033 --> 00:46:51,133
is still memorialized.

1399
00:46:46,233 --> 00:46:52,833
Articles, photos,

1400
00:46:48,366 --> 00:46:55,033
and recognition line the walls.

1401
00:46:51,133 --> 00:46:56,433
Elvis old dressing room

1402
00:46:52,833 --> 00:46:59,766
that night, echoes from

1403
00:46:55,033 --> 00:47:01,666
another time.

1404
00:46:56,433 --> 00:47:04,733
Over $60,000 was raised from

1405
00:46:59,766 --> 00:47:07,000
Elvis's concert,

1406
00:47:01,666 --> 00:47:09,066
which was added to $250,000

1407
00:47:04,733 --> 00:47:10,900
already now in the bank.

1408
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:12,600
The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

1409
00:47:09,066 --> 00:47:14,166
project had regained its

1410
00:47:10,900 --> 00:47:15,533
momentum, and better yet,

1411
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:17,466
received some much needed

1412
00:47:14,166 --> 00:47:18,666
publicity.

1413
00:47:15,533 --> 00:47:19,700
Disc jockey Tom Moffatt

1414
00:47:17,466 --> 00:47:21,400
caught up with Elvis

1415
00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:24,033
"Blue Hawaii" following

1416
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,900
the benefit at Bloch Arena.

1417
00:47:24,033 --> 00:47:25,866
>> Were you happy with the

1418
00:47:24,900 --> 00:47:26,666
turnout and the response from

1419
00:47:25,866 --> 00:47:28,266
the show and everything?

1420
00:47:26,666 --> 00:47:30,366
>> Oh, yeah, I sure was.

1421
00:47:28,266 --> 00:47:31,600
And I was glad everybody

1422
00:47:30,366 --> 00:47:32,500
was yelling and everything.

1423
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,733
Covered up my mistakes.

1424
00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:35,400
[ Both laugh ]

1425
00:47:33,733 --> 00:47:38,366
Because I hadn't -- I hadn't had

1426
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:40,633
any rehearsals, you know,

1427
00:47:36,466 --> 00:47:41,333
and I've been out of practice.

1428
00:47:38,366 --> 00:47:42,366
Hadn't been on stage since 1957.

1429
00:47:40,633 --> 00:47:43,500
>> Yeah, yeah.

1430
00:47:41,333 --> 00:47:44,800
That's a long time.

1431
00:47:42,366 --> 00:47:46,533
>> The band -- The band had

1432
00:47:43,500 --> 00:47:49,333
forgotten a song, I'd forgotten

1433
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:50,400
the lyrics to most of the songs.

1434
00:47:46,533 --> 00:47:54,333
In fact, a lot of times, I said

1435
00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:55,966
the same lyrics over and over

1436
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:57,200
and over, used the same line.

1437
00:47:54,333 --> 00:47:58,633
>> Elvis's association

1438
00:47:55,966 --> 00:48:00,200
with the memorial

1439
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:01,900
had a long reach

1440
00:47:58,633 --> 00:48:03,000
as more donations arrived

1441
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:05,833
from across the country.

1442
00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:07,266
Construction on the

1443
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:09,133
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial was now

1444
00:48:05,833 --> 00:48:10,566
well underway,

1445
00:48:07,266 --> 00:48:12,500
Alfred Preis's architectural

1446
00:48:09,133 --> 00:48:13,533
drawings rounding

1447
00:48:10,566 --> 00:48:15,133
into something concrete.

1448
00:48:12,500 --> 00:48:18,033
The final piece

1449
00:48:13,533 --> 00:48:19,633
of the fundraising puzzle

1450
00:48:15,133 --> 00:48:21,400
came in late 1961.

1451
00:48:18,033 --> 00:48:23,766
That's when Congress,

1452
00:48:19,633 --> 00:48:25,533
led by

1453
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:27,333
Daniel Inouye, a World War II

1454
00:48:23,766 --> 00:48:29,700
Medal of Honor recipient,

1455
00:48:25,533 --> 00:48:32,133
provided an additional

1456
00:48:27,333 --> 00:48:33,766
$150,000 in public

1457
00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:35,700
funding to finish the project.

1458
00:48:32,133 --> 00:48:37,766
Another World War II hero,

1459
00:48:33,766 --> 00:48:39,666
President John F. Kennedy,

1460
00:48:35,700 --> 00:48:42,333
approved the federal money.

1461
00:48:37,766 --> 00:48:44,600
The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

1462
00:48:39,666 --> 00:48:46,933
effort had reached its $500,000

1463
00:48:42,333 --> 00:48:49,866
goal and then some, thanks to a

1464
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:51,266
mix of private and, at the end,

1465
00:48:46,933 --> 00:48:53,000
public funding.

1466
00:48:49,866 --> 00:48:54,666
Arizona crewman

1467
00:48:51,266 --> 00:48:56,033
Bill Woodward's optimism

1468
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:59,800
about his family's future

1469
00:48:54,666 --> 00:49:02,033
still resonated prior

1470
00:48:56,033 --> 00:49:03,600
to December 7, 1941.

1471
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:06,000
>> November 1941.

1472
00:49:02,033 --> 00:49:08,166
My very own precious darling

1473
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:09,633
wife and baby.

1474
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:10,933
Oh, darling, I do so hope that

1475
00:49:08,166 --> 00:49:11,966
we go back to the States before

1476
00:49:09,633 --> 00:49:15,066
long.

1477
00:49:10,933 --> 00:49:16,333
There is a lot of talk that

1478
00:49:11,966 --> 00:49:17,400
we will and a lot that we won't.

1479
00:49:15,066 --> 00:49:18,766
It shouldn't be so very long

1480
00:49:16,333 --> 00:49:19,900
before we know one way

1481
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:22,500
or the other.

1482
00:49:18,766 --> 00:49:27,600
Oh, God.

1483
00:49:19,900 --> 00:49:29,833
How I hope it's the right way.

1484
00:49:22,500 --> 00:49:32,966
Your own, Bill.

1485
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:35,533
>> The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

1486
00:49:29,833 --> 00:49:37,566
was completed in 1962,

1487
00:49:32,966 --> 00:49:47,566
then dedicated on Memorial Day

1488
00:49:35,533 --> 00:49:57,566
of that same year.

1489
00:49:37,566 --> 00:50:07,566
♪

1490
00:49:47,566 --> 00:50:12,300
♪

1491
00:49:57,566 --> 00:50:14,600
♪

1492
00:50:07,566 --> 00:50:16,066
♪

1493
00:50:12,300 --> 00:50:17,633
Elvis had, indeed, helped to get

1494
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:19,933
the fundraising effort

1495
00:50:16,066 --> 00:50:22,033
to the finish line,

1496
00:50:17,633 --> 00:50:25,133
but it took an entire village --

1497
00:50:19,933 --> 00:50:26,666
Admiral Arthur Radford,

1498
00:50:22,033 --> 00:50:28,633
Ralph Edwards, George Chaplin,

1499
00:50:25,133 --> 00:50:29,633
and Colonel Tom Parker,

1500
00:50:26,666 --> 00:50:31,266
among others -- to help turn

1501
00:50:28,633 --> 00:50:33,666
the original

1502
00:50:29,633 --> 00:50:36,166
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

1503
00:50:31,266 --> 00:50:40,400
blueprints of Alfred Preis

1504
00:50:33,666 --> 00:50:41,433
into a tangible memorial.

1505
00:50:36,166 --> 00:50:42,200
♪

1506
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:43,066
>> The combination of

1507
00:50:41,433 --> 00:50:44,700
Ralph Edwards'

1508
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:47,000
"This Is Your Life"

1509
00:50:43,066 --> 00:50:48,166
and Elvis, "Blue Hawaii," we

1510
00:50:44,700 --> 00:50:49,666
have a U.S.S. Arizona Memorial,

1511
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:52,100
and that's a great story.

1512
00:50:48,166 --> 00:50:53,133
But, you know,

1513
00:50:49,666 --> 00:50:54,533
I think about Samuel Fuqua,

1514
00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:56,000
who came on deck

1515
00:50:53,133 --> 00:50:57,133
of that battleship

1516
00:50:54,533 --> 00:50:58,766
and looked around like -- right

1517
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:00,366
like we are here,

1518
00:50:57,133 --> 00:51:02,600
and all around him were dead

1519
00:50:58,766 --> 00:51:03,866
and burning people.

1520
00:51:00,366 --> 00:51:04,933
And he found out really quickly

1521
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:06,500
none of those guys up forward

1522
00:51:03,866 --> 00:51:08,733
survived.

1523
00:51:04,933 --> 00:51:11,500
And so for Samuel Fuqua

1524
00:51:06,500 --> 00:51:13,466
to be involved in raising

1525
00:51:08,733 --> 00:51:14,900
and perpetuating this story and

1526
00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:16,966
then eventually the fundraising,

1527
00:51:13,466 --> 00:51:19,000
it really speaks well

1528
00:51:14,900 --> 00:51:20,366
of the memory of Pearl Harbor

1529
00:51:16,966 --> 00:51:22,366
and remembering that tragic day

1530
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:32,300
with this beautiful memorial

1531
00:51:20,366 --> 00:51:34,666
that stands behind me.

1532
00:51:22,366 --> 00:51:37,100
♪

1533
00:51:32,300 --> 00:51:40,500
>> Elvis did the concert.

1534
00:51:34,666 --> 00:51:42,766
He never forgot the  Arizona.

1535
00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:45,266
Every time he came to Hawaii,

1536
00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:47,433
he would always stop off

1537
00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:50,233
to visit, to pay homage,

1538
00:51:45,266 --> 00:51:53,166
just to be there

1539
00:51:47,433 --> 00:51:54,766
for the  Arizona.

1540
00:51:50,233 --> 00:51:57,600
And he took pride in knowing

1541
00:51:53,166 --> 00:51:59,900
that the people of Hawaii

1542
00:51:54,766 --> 00:52:04,333
appreciated whoever came to the

1543
00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:08,300
Arizona, appreciated the

1544
00:51:59,900 --> 00:52:10,133
memorial, to remember not him

1545
00:52:04,333 --> 00:52:10,133
but those that gave their lives

1546
00:52:08,300 --> 00:52:10,133
on that day.

1547
00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:18,600
>> There was a momentum

1548
00:52:15,366 --> 00:52:21,366
that hadn't been there before.

1549
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:24,133
And when Admiral Radford built

1550
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:25,466
his small little memorial

1551
00:52:21,366 --> 00:52:30,133
in the 1950s,

1552
00:52:24,133 --> 00:52:30,933
he always had the idea

1553
00:52:25,466 --> 00:52:32,466
of a broader interpretation.

1554
00:52:30,133 --> 00:52:36,933
>> When you visit,

1555
00:52:30,933 --> 00:52:38,100
you're just more overwhelmed

1556
00:52:32,466 --> 00:52:40,033
by the emotion of the place.

1557
00:52:36,933 --> 00:52:42,600
>> And it still is the

1558
00:52:38,100 --> 00:52:43,266
number-one visitation site here

1559
00:52:40,033 --> 00:52:44,900
on Oahu.

1560
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:47,600
>> You know, there aren't

1561
00:52:43,266 --> 00:52:49,866
very many human beings

1562
00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:51,866
that influence so many people,

1563
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:53,400
and he -- he was -- he had a

1564
00:52:49,866 --> 00:52:55,633
beauty about him.

1565
00:52:51,866 --> 00:52:56,333
He was a good person.

1566
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:59,333
>> That's how Elvis is and was.

1567
00:52:55,633 --> 00:53:00,733
Yeah.

1568
00:52:56,333 --> 00:53:01,866
So helpful, caring, sharing,

1569
00:52:59,333 --> 00:53:03,966
yeah.

1570
00:53:00,733 --> 00:53:06,400
>> He was a wonderful

1571
00:53:01,866 --> 00:53:10,500
entertainer for -- during his

1572
00:53:03,966 --> 00:53:11,833
time, and, you know, it's too

1573
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:12,500
bad that he left us so early.

1574
00:53:10,500 --> 00:53:14,200
>> I think it left a legacy

1575
00:53:11,833 --> 00:53:15,500
for Elvis.

1576
00:53:12,500 --> 00:53:17,200
It was something that was larger

1577
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:18,866
than himself.

1578
00:53:15,500 --> 00:53:20,100
He came back to see the memorial

1579
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:22,900
that he had helped build.

1580
00:53:18,866 --> 00:53:24,233
And you can see it in his eyes,

1581
00:53:20,100 --> 00:53:25,600
the wonder of being there, that,

1582
00:53:22,900 --> 00:53:26,866
"Yeah, I guess, in some ways,

1583
00:53:24,233 --> 00:53:28,066
I helped out here."

1584
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:29,333
He couldn't see anything

1585
00:53:26,866 --> 00:53:30,300
tangible at that time

1586
00:53:28,066 --> 00:53:31,633
when he gave the concert,

1587
00:53:29,333 --> 00:53:33,566
but when he came back,

1588
00:53:30,300 --> 00:53:36,166
he could see that he was part

1589
00:53:31,633 --> 00:53:37,366
of something much larger

1590
00:53:33,566 --> 00:53:39,933
than he thought.

1591
00:53:36,166 --> 00:53:41,633
>> Elvis Presley had

1592
00:53:37,366 --> 00:53:42,766
become the effort's Pied Piper,

1593
00:53:39,933 --> 00:53:44,433
the front man of the band,

1594
00:53:41,633 --> 00:53:45,833
if you will.

1595
00:53:42,766 --> 00:53:47,666
The Arizona Memorial,

1596
00:53:44,433 --> 00:53:47,666
a part of the King's

1597
00:53:45,833 --> 00:53:47,666
lasting legacy.

1598
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:59,400
>> December 2, 1941.

1599
00:53:55,400 --> 00:54:01,400
Somewhere at sea.

1600
00:53:57,833 --> 00:54:03,100
My very own precious darling

1601
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:04,533
wife and baby.

1602
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:06,466
After six more months, my sweet,

1603
00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:07,666
you will never have to be alone

1604
00:54:04,533 --> 00:54:09,400
for a whole day again.

1605
00:54:06,466 --> 00:54:10,400
I will be terribly glad

1606
00:54:07,666 --> 00:54:11,800
when we get back in,

1607
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:13,166
because it will be that much

1608
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:14,300
closer to the 13th,

1609
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:16,600
and I want to get my mail

1610
00:54:13,166 --> 00:54:17,666
that I should have waiting

1611
00:54:14,300 --> 00:54:20,200
for me there from you.

1612
00:54:17,666 --> 00:54:23,066
for today and go on watch.

1613
00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:33,066
Your own, Bill.

1614
00:54:23,066 --> 00:54:43,066
♪

1615
00:54:33,066 --> 00:54:53,066
♪

1616
00:54:43,066 --> 00:55:03,133
♪

1617
00:54:53,066 --> 00:55:13,133
♪

1618
00:55:03,133 --> 00:55:23,133
♪

1619
00:55:13,133 --> 00:55:33,133
♪

1620
00:55:23,133 --> 00:55:43,133
♪

1621
00:55:33,133 --> 00:55:53,133
♪

1622
00:55:43,133 --> 00:56:03,200
♪

1623
00:55:53,133 --> 00:56:13,200
♪

1624
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:23,200
♪

1625
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:33,200
♪

1626
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:38,700
♪

1627
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:39,866
♪

1628
00:56:38,700 --> 00:56:51,000
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1629
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1630
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1633
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1636
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1637
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1638
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1639
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1640
00:57:03,833 --> 00:57:09,666
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1647
00:57:28,733 --> 00:57:33,933
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1648
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1649
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