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itself. It's moving without needing any words. All these little lives, not yet hardly begun, ex-
tinguished.
he
Bowfin
, in fact, saw a great deal of action in the Pacific. She sank more than a dozen
cargo ships. She served for many years after the war in various capacities until she was de-
commissioned in 1971. Subsequently, she was taken to Pearl Harbor where she now serves as
a memorial museum. Tours are available although some areas of the ship are off-limits. The
Bowfin
was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
The USS Bowfin moored in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Contrary to some written reports, Commodore Mathew C. Perry is not buried here. This stone and plaque
are only a memorial to him. His remains lie near the place of his birth, in Newport, Rhode Island, US.
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INTERNATIONAL CEMETERY AT TOMARI DISTRICT
那覇沖縄での国際墓
Finally, about a dozen blocks to the north of the Tsushima-maru Museum, just above Tomari
Port, is a small cemetery known as the International Cemetery at Tomari District (
那覇沖縄
での国際墓
; Naha Okinawa deno kokusai haka).
