Posted on: Friday, December 7, 2001
Today's Pearl Harbor 60th anniversary events
USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL
7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Pacific Fleet Band, National Park Service 60th anniversary ceremony and special speakers. 9:30 a.m. to noon Pacific Fleet Band; 108th Arizona Army National Guard Band; USS West Virginia survivor Dick Fiske and Japanese pilot Zenji Abe; and USS Arizona Reunion Association ceremony.
No bags, purses, diaper bags or other containers that could conceal dangerous items will be allowed at the visitor center. All events are free and open to the public.
For more information on National Park Service events call 422-2771, Ext. 110, or go to pearlharborevents.com. PUNCHBOWL
Remembrances at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl begin at 10 a.m., with more than 3,000 people expected to attend. The ceremony includes "missing man" and
B-52 bomber fly-overs, wreath laying, a joint color guard and a Marine Corps artillery salute. Because of the number of visitors, the cemetery will curtail gravesite visiting until 1 p.m. Attendees must arrive at the cemetery in buses because of limited parking and security considerations. City buses will leave Alapa'i Street every 15 minutes beginning at 9:15 a.m. Fares are $1.50 each way with bus passes accepted. Special buses will leave Neal Blaisdell Center, Ward Avenue side, starting at 8 a.m., with a $2 donation for the round-trip suggested. Information: 532-3720.
BROADCASTS
Pearl Harbor 60th anniversary events will be broadcast live by The History Channel, News 8 and KHON 2 this morning, while KITV 4 and KGMB 9 will cut into other programming for portions of the events.
The History Channel, seen on cable channels 60 (Oceanic analog), 327 (Oceanic digital) and 52 (Verizon Americast) will have live coverage from several locations including aboard the USS Arizona Memorial and at the visitor center, from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
News 8 coverage of the Pearl Harbor ceremonies will begin at 7:40 a.m. and continue until the conclusion of ceremonies there.
KHON will cover the events during its morning news broadcast, from 5:30 to 9 a.m.
KGMB will have scenes from preparations at 7:25 a.m., and then go live at the 7:55 a.m. anniversary moment of the Pearl Harbor attack, and cut in with intermittent coverage of ceremonies at the Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.
KITV will have advance coverage during the 5-7 a.m. morning news, and then will cut in at 7:30 and 8:30 with additional coverage.
Local television stations will have later coverage during their evening and night news broadcasts as well.