Posted on May 10, 2018
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Does anyone know what will become of the USS Arizona once the last Arizona warrior who chooses to be laid to rest there is finally returned to his Shipmates? Will the AZ finally be closed up and sealed while being open from above to visitors and military functions? Does anyone know how many Sailors are still alive from the AZ today?
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It is my opinion they will not close it up, as it is a living monument for all those we lost.
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SSG Warren Swan
Very true and I hope not, but will they finally close her to those who dive on her to inspect her, or allow her to age in place and slowly collapse on herself to finally seal and protect those in her for eternity?
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SSG Warren Swan My first visit to the Memorial was in 1965 as an 18 year old seaman. It was a moving event for a southern country boy. The last time was in 2013. It was just as moving the last time as it was the first.
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SSG Warren Swan
My first and only was in 2004 while TDY there. Don't know why the rest of my team didn't go see her, but I'm glad I did. The one thing that hit me was the tour guide was a Pearl Harbor vet himself, and he said "When the last man is buried here, she will stop bleeding". I knew "bleeding" was talk for the fuel oil that comes to the surface and dissipates. So when the last man finally goes home, what then? The AZ still is a living and breathing ship with the coral that lives on and off her.
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SSG Warren Swan I'm in agrrement with MAJ Ken Landgren but as far as who is left? I don't know
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