USS Arizona Related Media and Productions

The story of USS Arizona has been told many times, in many different ways. But the core impact of her story remains the same because it touches fundamental values of service, honor and sacrifice. Here are three recent productions that recount the events of December 7, 1941 and their aftermath in a particularly compelling way.

	Save Our History: USS Arizona The History Channel 1,177 of the 1,500 men on board died in the attack. The U.S. Navy recovered only 229 bodies, declaring the rest of the servicemen "buried at sea." This disaster marked the greatest loss of life in U.S. naval history. That loss transformed Arizona from a crumpled wreck, signifying defeat, into a powerful symbol that spurred the nation into World War II. After the war, Arizona was transformed yet again, this time into a memorial that serves as an underwater tomb, a sacred site that is unique to American culture.
	Pearl Harbor: Death of the Arizona The Discovery Channel The destruction of USS Arizona by a single Japanese bomb at approximately 8:07 a.m. on the morning of December 7, 1941 represents the single greatest disaster in the history of the United States Navy. It was also the defining moment of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and galvanized America into a total war against the Japanese. But exactly where did this bomb fall? Who dropped it? How could one single bomb cause such total destruction?
	Oil and Honor at Pearl Harbor National Geographic Sixty years after Japanese bombers sank USS Arizona, the silent wreck still sheds fuel oil, drop by drop, over the memories of a hellish Hawaiian morning.