World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

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World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
LocationAlaska, California & Hawaii, USA
Area6,310 acres (25.5 km2)
CreatedDecember 5, 2008
Visitors1,574,156 (in 2015)[1]
Governing bodyNational Park Service & Fish and Wildlife Service
WebsiteWorld War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is a U.S. National Monument honoring events, people, and sites of the Pacific Theater engagement of the United States during World War II.

Sites

The USS Arizona Memorial and the mooring quays of Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Granaries at Tule Lake Unit, Modoc County, California.
Atka B-24D Liberator on Atka Island, Alaska.

The national monument includes 9 sites in 3 states, totaling 6,310 acres (2,550 ha):

 Hawaii
 Alaska
 California

Administration

The monument is administered by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The actual shipwrecks of the Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma are not parts of the monument and remain under the jurisdiction of the US Navy.

Establishment

The monument was created on December 5, 2008, through an executive order issued by President George W. Bush under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The proclamation date was selected in anticipation of the 67th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 2008. This is the first proclamation of a national monument in Alaska since passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  2. ^ ANILCA requires Congressional ratification of the use of the Antiquities Act for withdrawals of greater than 5,000 acres (20.2 km²) in Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980". Retrieved December 8, 2008.

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