Remembering the USS Arizona
Photos from the Pearl Harbor Day memorial dedication ceremonies at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015.
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
U.S.S. Arizona survivor and World War II veteran Lauren Bruner, center, shakes hands with Col. Patrick Wall before the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. The ceremony took place at the Student Union Memorial Center, a building structured like the U.S.S. Arizona battleship that was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
Personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy salute from above while the national anthem is playing during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
Marines look on from above during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
Bill Westcott, nephew of William Westcott who lost his life on the U.S.S. Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, address the crowd during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Westcott spoke passionately about hugging his wife simply because he was able to, unlike the countless military members serving away from home. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
Colonel Patrick Wall recounts stories from World War II to the audience during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Wall runs the Navy ROTC unit at the University of Arizona. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
Midshipman 4th class Hannah Sterritt, center, during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Sterritt is a part of the University of Arizona's Navy ROTC program. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
Ruben Moreno plays taps after the names of eight Arizonans who lost their lives on the U.S.S. Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor were read during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
Bebe Nelson, center, bows her head during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
A visualization of the proposed U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial displayed on a poster during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. The memorial will include a medallion detailing the name, rank, home state and birth and death year for each of 1,177 sailors and Marines who went down the U.S.S. Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
U.S.S. Arizona survivors and World War II veterans Clare Hetrick, left, and Lauren Bruner, right, after posing for a photo with young marines during the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Hetrick and Bruner rang the bell from the U.S.S. Arizona as the names of the eight sailors who lost their lives aboard the U.S.S. Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor were read during the ceremony. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star
Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony
U.S.S. Arizona survivor and World War II veteran Clare Hetrick after the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance and memorial dedication ceremony on the University of Arizona on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Photo by: Rebecca Noble / for Arizona Daily Star

