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Old Sun Nov 21, 2010, 08:03pm
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Ipneck, my father is a 20 year veteran of the Navy, my maternal grandfather was at Hickam Field, Schofield Barracks that morning.

I know what manning the rails means.

I mentioned near as a suggestion, not in.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam has several berths that the carrier to can be tied to which would not be near the Arizona.

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It would never happen. Pearl Harbor is a graveyard. It would be like lining a football field at Arlington National Cemetery and playing a game on it.

Service men and women "man the rails"- standing at attention in full uniform on the deck of military vessels- as they pass through the harbor in respect.

Wikipedia- Manning the Rails
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Old Sun Nov 21, 2010, 09:20pm
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I've been there, I've been to the Arizona twice. But the base itself is fully active ang engaged. I really don't see a huge problem with it as long as it's not done in close proximity to the Arizona.
Perhaps in the name of inter-service relations, it could be held off the shore of Kaneohe Bay.
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