INkonzo yePaki yeSizwe (i-NPS) ilindele ukuba iprojekthi yokulungisa idokhi ye-USS Arizona Memorial igqitywe ngoMatshi ka-2019, ivumela undwendwe ukuba lufikelele kwisikhumbuzo ukuba luqalise kwakhona.
Isigaba soyilo seprojekthi sisandul' ukugqitywa, nto leyo evumela ukuphuhliswa kwexesha elichanekileyo lenkqubo yokulungiswa. Ngelishwa, ayiyi kugqitywa ngexesha loSuku lweSizwe lwePearl Harbour Remembrance ngo-Disemba 7. Ukususela ngoMeyi, i-NPS isebenze kunye namaqabane ayo kwi-US Navy kunye ne-US Air Force ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukulungiswa kwenziwa ngokukhawuleza ngokuqwalaselwa ngokukodwa. kukubaluleka kwesizwe kwendawo.
“Ukungakwazi ukwamkela abasindileyo kunye neentsapho zabo kwiSikhumbuzo sase-USS Arizona kulo nyaka uzayo we-7 kaDisemba kubuhlungu,” utshilo uJacqueline Ashwell, intsumpa ye-WWII Valor kwi-Pacific National Monument, eyongamela isikhumbuzo. “Emva kokuphonononga iindlela ezininzi zokukhetha, sisebenza nabahlobo bethu kuMkhosi waManzi wase-US ukubamba umsitho osondeleleneyo kwinqanawa ekufuphi ne-USS Arizona. Umkhosi wamanzi ube liqabane lethu ngandlela zonke, kwaye andibanga nombulelo ngakumbi ngenkxaso yabo. ”
Umsitho osekelwe kwisikhephe uya kubandakanya imbeko yeentyatyambo kwaye uya kuvumela abasindileyo, iintsapho zabo, kunye nezinye iindwalutho ezingundoqo ukuba zinike imbeko kwabo bawile e-USS Arizona. Lo msitho ukhethekileyo uya kongezwa kumsitho opheleleyo wokukhumbula umhlaba oza kuba sePearl Harbour Visitor Centre.
Ukufikelela kwi-USS Arizona Memorial kwanqunyanyiswa ngoMeyi 6 xa umonakalo omncinci kumphandle wesakhiwo wabonakala kwindawo ephambili yokungena. Uhlolisiso olucokiseke ngakumbi lwabonisa ukuba umonakalo ubangelwe kukusilela kwenkqubo yokubambelela kwisikhululo senqanawa esikufuphi ne-USS Arizona Memorial. Oku kwabeka uxinzelelo olugqithisileyo kwibhulorho yokulayisha ebonelela ngokudlula kwamanzi ngaphezulu kubakhenkethi abasuka kwidokhi yesikhephe ukuya e-USS Arizona Memorial. Ukufikelela kwancitshiswa ngokukhawuleza ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwabatyeleli kunye nokuthintela umonakalo owongezelelweyo kwisikhumbuzo.
U-Ashwall ukwathe, “Sizibophelele ekubuyiseleni ukufikelela kwisikhumbuzo ngokukhawuleza kwabo bonke abatyeleli, kwaye iya kuhlala ingumba ophambili kwibhodi yonke kwesi siza kunye neNkonzo yePaki yeSizwe. Siyinciphise le projekthi kwelona xesha lifutshane liyimfuneko ngelixa sikwaphumeza izisombululo eziza kuqinisekisa ukuba ingxaki efanayo ayiphindi yenzeke. Siyayibulela umonde oqhubekayo yoluntu njengoko sisebenzela ukugqiba inkqubo kunye nokubuyisela ukufikelela kwiSikhumbuzo sase-USS Arizona. "
Ngelixa inkqubo yokulungisa iqhubeka, iindwendwe ziya kuqhubeka nokubona ifilimu ye-documentary yemizuzu engama-25 elandelwa lukhenketho lwezibuko lwe-Battleship Row kwiinqanawa zase-US Navy ezidlula ngokusondeleyo kangangoko kunokwenzeka kwi-USS Arizona Memorial. I-NPS iya kuqhubeka nokubonelela ngenkcazo ephilayo okanye erekhodiweyo kwinzame zokwandisa amava ondwendwe. Ugcino-ndawo luyakhuthazwa, njengoko amatikiti ezi nkqubo eqhubeka esasazwa ngokupheleleyo suku ngalunye.
Zonke ezinye izinto eziluncedo kwiZiko leendwendwe iPearl Harbour zihlala zivulekile kwaye zifikeleleka. Iindwendwe ziyakhuthazwa ukuba zindwendwele iimyuziyam zethu ezimbini zasimahla, imiboniso eselunxwemeni, ivenkile yokutya kunye nevenkile yeencwadi. Amaqabane ethu e-Battleship Missouri Memorial, i-USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, kunye nePearl Harbor Aviation Museum zihlala zivulekile kwaye zilungele ukwamkela iindwendwe.
