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Show MAYOR RECEIVES HONOR CERTIFICATE Autographed by World War II hero Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S.N., a USS Arizona Hcnor Certificate has been received receiv-ed by Mayor Joe Dispenza of Bingham Canyon. Mailed from Pearl Harbor, the certificates are acknowledgments of appreciation, to donors of $5 or more to - the current nation-wide drive for funds to rehabilitate the sunken battleship and convert her into a permanent memorial and shrine. Photographs of the USS Arizona in her prime, and also as she exploded ex-ploded in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, illustrate the certificates. Admiral Nimitz is honorary chair man of the organization sponsoring the campaign, the Pacific War Memorial Commission, an official agency of the Hawaiian government. govern-ment. Mailing address for contributions to the campaign is: USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The parchment scroll certifies that the recipient, "by helping make possible the erection of a permanent shrine on the submerged submerg-ed hull of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harboro, has honored the 1,102 Naval heroes of 7 December 1941 who lie entombed there, that we the living may glorify the sacrifice of those who died for the peace .and security of Mankind." |