MISSION
STATEMENT
Our mission is to offer top-notch
visitor services. The PHVC is a new venue which provides a safe
and comfortable place for the visiting public to dine and rest as
they visit the museums and historical ships on site and honor the
memory of those entombed aboard the USS ARIZONA.
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THE
SPIRIT OF 1942 IS STILL ALIVE AT PEARL HARBOR
by: Eddie Sherman
Once
upon a time, about a year or so ago, the area between the Arizona
Memorial and the Bowfin Submarine Museum lay fallow at Pearl Harbor’s
historic Halawa Landing. A little over six acres of empty, neglected,
cracked concrete, it was truly an eye sore. Broken glass and debris
was littered everywhere. It was also known for its high crime rate.
Enter Patrick Brent.
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MARTHA IS A GAL WHO REMEMBERS.
by: Regis Bourne
Martha
J. Robbins, USMC (Ret.) received her basic training at Camp LeJeune,
then 21 weeks of training at Naval Air Technical Training Center
in Norman, Oklahoma.
She served as an aircraft mechanic
at Quantico Air Station until Sept. 28, 1945. This was a family
affair. Both she and her sister had joined the Marines. While Martha
served at Quantico, her sister served in San Francisco. Read
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About Our Center
The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
is a joint venture between Ford Island Properties LLC and the Pearl
Harbor Visitor Center, Inc. (PHVC) to provide tourist services at
the Halawa Landing site.
PHVC is located on a waterfront site
between the USS BOWFIN Memorial and the Navy shuttle to the USS
ARIZONA. The Center was established to provide much needed services
such as food, baggage storage, tours, transportation, and sheltered
resting areas for the 1.6 million annual visitors (4,500 per day)
that come to Pearl Harbor to pay their respects.
The first phase of this project
consists of a tented structure that includes tables and chairs and
other conveniences to make the visitor experience at Pearl Harbor
more comfortable. Service vendors brought in under this arrangement
offer their products in a tasteful 1942 WWII ambience.
Plans are underway for a permanent
structure.
PHVC works closely with the National
Park Service, the USS MISSOURI Memorial Association, and the USS
BOWFIN Memorial in developing Halawa Landing in a manner that both
respects the environment of the memorials and creates for the visitor
a lasting and poignant memory of Pearl Harbor. |