Don't Miss this GREAT collection of photo's donated by David Hardy, son of Wendell R. Hardy.

The USS San Francisco Memorial Foundation would like to give a special thanks to David Hardy, the son of Wendell R. Hardy for this collection of his father's photo's and memories of his WWII experiences. A lot of the photo's were a lot larger than we were able to upload to our Web site, but if you would like a copy of this CD, please feel free to contact the: USS San Francisco Memorial Foundation. The cost of these CD's are only $12.95 which includes shipping and handling. The proceeds will be donated to the USS San Francisco Memorial Foundation on behalf of Wendell R. Hardy and son David Hardy.

Pearl Harbor may become a national monument, a designation that
establishes the Navy base as an area of importance for protection and conservation.
President Bush, in a memo to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne on
Thursday, said there are areas beyond the USS Arizona Memorial, including
Ford Island, that should be recognized by the designation of a national monument. The Arizona Memorial is a national park under the supervision of the National Park
Service.
"While the USS Arizona Memorial serves as the final resting place for many of that battleship's brave crew members who lost their lives on Dec. 7, 1941, other objects of historic and scientific interest in the area of Pearl Harbor and other sites in the Pacific remain outside this Memorial," the president said. There were 1.5 million visitors to the USS Arizona Memorial last year, making it the second most visited attraction in Hawaii after Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Bush, who can make the designation without congressional approval, also asked officials to assess whether other landmarks and sites across the Pacific that are associated with World War II should be given recognition and protection.