Arizona governor in Hawaii for Pearl Harbor honors
This Nov. 21, 2014 photo shows visitors looking at a wall inscribed with the names of the USS Arizona's fallen at a memorial for the sunken battleship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Arizona is one of the nation's most hallowed sites, an underwater grave for more than 900 sailors and Marines killed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and sank their ship in 1941, but it's now the scene of alleged rampant mismanagement. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
PHOENIX >> Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is in Hawaii to attend ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The governor plans to attend Sunday’s memorial at Pearl Harbor, visit the sunken hulk of the USS Arizona and then make a visit to a modern warship named for an Arizona city, the attack submarine USS Tucson.
Brewer took part in the ceremony last year marking the anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that sunk the Arizona, numerous other warships and killed about 2,400 sailors, Marines and soldiers. Of those, 1,177 were on the Arizona when it exploded after being hit by Japanese bombs.
Brewer plans to meet with some of the nine surviving Arizona sailors.
Brewer is the first Arizona governor to attend the annual ceremonies.
