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Medal of Honor Recipient |
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The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific contains memorials to, and gravesites for, a total of 63 Medal of Honor recipients, including 28 recipients whose bodies were never recovered, and who are memorialized on the Wall of the Missing.
Often called the "Punchbowl", the cemetery lies in the middle of Puowaina Crater, an extinct volcano. Although there are various translations of the Punchbowl’s Hawaiian name, “Puowaina,” the most common is “Hill of Sacrifice.” This translation closely relates to the history of the crater. The first known use was as an altar where Hawaiians offered human sacrifices to pagan gods and the killed violators of the many taboos. Later, during the reign of Kamehameha the Great, a battery of two cannons was mounted at the rim of the crater to salute distinguished arrivals and signify important occasions. Early in the 1880s, leasehold land on the slopes of the Punchbowl opened for settlement and in the 1930s, the crater was used as a rifle range for the Hawaii National Guard. Toward the end of World War II, tunnels were dug through the rim of the crater for the placement of shore batteries to guard Honolulu Harbor and the south edge of Pearl Harbor.
The cemetery grounds consists of 111.5 acres of lush grass and beautiful tropical vegetation, with more than 45,000 interments. The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific was officially dedicated on September 2, 1949, on the fourth anniversary of V-J Day.
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Photos of Medal of Honor Grave Sites By State
[AK] [AL] [AR] [AZ] [CA] [CO] [CT] [DE] [FL] [GA] [HI] [IA] [ID] [IL] [IN] [KS] [KY] [LA] [MA] [MD] [ME] [MI] [MN] [MO] [MS] [MT] [NC] [ND] [NE] [NH] [NJ] [NM] [NY] [OH] [OK] [OR] [PA] [RI] [SC] [SD] [TN] [TX] [UT] [VA] [VT] [WA] [WI] [WV] [WY] - [DC] [PUERTO RICO]
Medal Of Honor Recipients in Foreign Cemeteries
[Belgium] [Canada] [England] [France] [Italy] [Netherlands] [Philippines] [Other]Alphabetical Roster of All Recipients & State of Burial
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