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Show now under construction to lessen the wait and add a new dimension to the memorial itself. Upon completion, it will become the administrative responsibility of the National Park Service. Boats and crews providing the free trip to the Arizona Memorial, however, will remain a Navy responsibility. Design plans include a new boat landing and twin movie theaters that will show films of the attack. Housed within the new visitors' center will be a museum containing artifacts from the attack and from the Arizona itself. These artifacts will include salvaged pieces of the ship, 1941 newspaper accounts of the letters and attack, donated momentoes of attack victims, CDoirooirs Wafteirsf tomrolto (PeairD Mairlboir dleadl The crisp Hawaiian breeze and steady lapping of the Pacific are as tranquil deceptively tranquil as on that long-agSunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, when the United States woke up and went to war with Japan. For some, visiting the USS Arizona Memorial here is an emotional openly experience. Tourists who laughed, shopped and snapped pictures while strolling through Waikiki now gaze somberly at the rusted battelship's still visible above superstructure, the water from the deck of the memorial. "It can be depressing," said Navy Seaman a Lansdell, Sherry Fremont, Calif, native who drives boats that carry one of the over one million visitors to the shrine annually. "A lot of people cry. Some have relatives who were actually on the Arizona. For others, just the fact that over 1,000 men are entombed in the ship has a terrific impact. "When I began this job a year ago, I was afraid that people would regard it as just another tourist trap," Miss Lansdell added. "That isn't the case. On the whole, our visitors understand the importance of memorial. the They're dignified." Navy Seaman Brenda Lavoie, a Rochester, N.H. native who shares the boat driving and tour narration duties with Miss Lansdell, concurs. "The memorial is awesome," she said. "Visitors get chocked up when they see the Arizona. At low tide, it's very distinct. I've had elderly Japanese approach me and say, o bone-whi- te 184-fo- ot When the boat lands, visitors pass through a museum room, housing momentoes from the ship; the assembly area, where the ship is visible from both sides; and the shrine room, where the names of 1,177 Navy men and Marines who were killed on the Arizona in the Pearl Harbor attack are engraved on a marble wall. "It's hard to believe that all those men are buried in the ship's ruin," Miss Lansdell said. "Whenever I see their names, I feel proud to be a part of the memorial 's crew. ' ' In recent years, the Navy-manne- d have tour boats experienced difficulty in accommodating the increasing crowds. The Navy's shoreside current of covered a consists small, facility and boat area landing that waiting have required extensive renovations and additions to meet Hawaii's tourism expansion. "We don't conduct tours on crowds Mondays, so Tuesday during the summer are usually the biggest," Miss Lavoie noted. "A r wait isn't three- - or unusual, and the heat is brutal." A $4.1 million shoreside facility is four-hou- photographs, will include areas. A bills allocating funds for the proposed center had been introduced, but never passed, in Congress since 1968. Sen. Daniel Inouye half-doze- n Pearl Harbor Survivors The memory of Pearl Harbor still lingers on. It was 15 years ago that the need to keep alive the memory of Pearl Harbor incited a former Sandy man to lay the ground work to organize the survivors who live in Utah. historical documents. Other features of the new complex Call 255-355- 6 In 1963, November, began Myers looking for the survivors throughout the state of Utah. Andj in July, 1964, a group of 26 members were a charter to granted organize under the name of Pearl Harbor Survivors Ass'n. This group joined the national organization which has chapters in each of the states. The group is holding its convention this week in Las Vegas. 50-fo- ot Frank v.. five Every years members travel to Pearl Harbor, convening at the site on Dec. 7. Their next trek will be in 1981. A members are Local holding a breakfast and memorial at the Hellenic 3040 S. State, House, Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 Thomas Rev. a.m. Meersman will officiate at the memorial. This is the first year that members will not be visiting a cemetery site of one of their fallen members. '. "How do you respond to a statement like that? All you can do is hope that people realize how terrible war is and pray that it won't happen again." More than 11 million persons have R. D. 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