World War II Valor in Pacific National Monument

Antipodean Andy · Dec 7, 2008

The Associated Press: Bush creates World War II monument for Pacific

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush on Friday established a World War II monument dedicated to those who fought in the Pacific.

The World War II Valor in Pacific National Monument will encompass nine sites, five in Hawaii, three in Alaska and one in California at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, where thousands of Japanese-Americans were detained after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

"The purpose of the monument is to remind generations of Americans of the sacrifices that Americans made to protect our country. But there's a broader purpose as well and that is to remind generations of Americans about the transformative effect of freedom," Bush said in brief remarks in the Oval Office.

Bush also signed a proclamation honoring National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The 67th anniversary of the Japanese attacks, the worst on U.S. soil until the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is Sunday.

"One of the great stories during World War II was that people fought bitterly to defend our country and way of life, and then worked to help our enemies develop democracies according to their own cultures and their own history," Bush said.

Joining Bush in the Oval Office were Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake; Navy Secretary Donald Winter; Gen. James "Hoss" Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Jay Groff, a Pearl Harbor survivor from Springfield, Va.; and George Sullivan, the chairman of the Arizona Memorial Museum Association in Honolulu.
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