Arizona officials are trying to bring two guns, one from the U.S.S. Arizona and the other from the U.S.S. Missouri, to our state in time for the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
"I had no idea what was going on," said Lambert Modder, who served in the Navy when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.
Modder is one of many who are thrilled Arizona is trying to bring the two guns to Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix. The U.S.S. Arizona was bombed during Pearl Harbor, and the U.S.S. Missouri hosted the surrender of the Japanese troops.
"They really represent the bookends of World War II," said Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who is leading the effort to bring the guns to Arizona."
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