World_War_II_Valor_in_the_Pacific_National_Monument

World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

Former National Monument of the United States

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 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.[2]

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Sites

The USS Arizona Memorial and the mooring quays of Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Granaries at Tule Lake Unit, Modoc County, California.
Atka B-24D Liberator on Atka Island, Alaska.

The national monument included 9 sites in 3 states, totaling 6,310 acres (2,550 ha):

 Hawaii – sites administered by the National Park Service
 Alaska – sites administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service as part of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
 California – site jointly administered by both NPS and FWS
  • 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)

Administration

The monument was administered by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The actual shipwrecks of the Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma were not parts of the monument and remained under the jurisdiction of the US Navy.

Establishment

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 passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980.[3]

See also

References

Notes

  1. [1]
    "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  2. [2]
    "Text - S.47 - John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act". United States Congress. 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  3. [3]
    ANILCA requires Congressional ratification of the use of the Antiquities Act for withdrawals of greater than 5,000 acres (20.2 km²) in Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980". Retrieved December 8, 2008.
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