• Source: World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

      • The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument was a U.S. national monument honoring events, people, and sites of the Pacific Theater engagement of the United States during World War II.
      The monument was created on December 5, 2008, through a proclamation issued by President George W. Bush under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The proclamation date was selected in anticipation of the 67th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 2008. This was the first proclamation of a national monument in Alaska since the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980. ANILCA limited new land withdrawals in Alaska without Congressional approval to 5,000 acres; the Alaska portion of the monument totaled 4,950 acres.
      The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, signed into law March 12, 2019, abolished the national monument, replacing it with Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument, and Tule Lake National Monument.


      Sites



      The national monument included nine sites in three states, totaling 6,310 acres (2,550 ha):

      Hawaii – sites administered by the National Park Service (21.3 acres). The actual shipwrecks of the Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma were not a part of the monument and remained under the jurisdiction of the US Navy.
      USS Arizona Memorial and Visitor Center
      USS Utah Memorial
      USS Oklahoma Memorial
      Six Chief Petty Officer Bungalows on Ford Island
      Mooring Quays F6, F7, and F8, which formed part of Battleship Row
      Alaska – sites administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service as part of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (4,950 acres)
      Battle of Attu battlefield remnants on Attu Island, Aleutian Islands
      Japanese occupation of Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands
      Atka B-24D Liberator crash site on Atka Island, Aleutian Islands
      California – site jointly administered by both NPS and FWS (1,391 acres)
      Tule Lake National Monument (on the site of an internment camp for Japanese Americans), in Modoc County, northeastern California. (41°53′22″N 121°22′29″W)


      See also


      List of national memorials of the United States
      List of national monuments of the United States


      References


      Proclamation 8327 of December 5, 2008, Establishment of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, 73 FR 75293 (2008-12-10).


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      External links



      National Park Service: Pearl Harbor National Memorial
      National Park Service: Tule Lake National Monument
      U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service − Foundation Statement–Alaska Unit, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

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