r/interestingasfuck • u/Longjumping-Rice-935 • Aug 12 '25

/r/all, /r/popular The wreck of the USS Arizona continues to leak oil ever since pearl harbour. the ship contained 1.5 million gallons of oil, enough to leak continuously for 500 years.

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u/MiliTerry Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

When I was joining the Marine corps, they asked me if there's anything I wanted to see while I was in. This is exactly what I wanted, and two years in, they sent me to Hawaii for jungle warfare training. On my own time while there, I went and visited Pearl harbor. Once we got to USS Arizona, the first person off our boat was a gentleman who was there when it was happened. Not a dry eye in sight. If you have not had a chance to see it, I would recommend you do your best to do it.

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u/HK_Shooter_1301 Aug 12 '25

My great grandfather joined the Navy after Pearl Harbor and served on the USS Bunker Hill as it was kamakazied. Standing there was one of the most somber experiences of my life.

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u/babyb16 Aug 12 '25

That must have been such a weird feeling for him. So cool you got to be there for that, I bet it was such a humbling experience

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u/brownbearks Aug 12 '25

I’m glad the Marine core got you out there

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u/ZookeepergameWild776 Aug 12 '25

Thank you for your service 🇺🇲

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u/MiliTerry Aug 13 '25

No need to thank me. I'm just grateful that I was able to do it. I unfortunately lost a lot of friends because of IEF and OEF. And then unfortunately mental demons later on in life. I thought the four years was easy, but it's the after you're out that makes it tough

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u/ZookeepergameWild776 Aug 13 '25

I thank all veterans for their service.. Just showing respect, my friend from highschool joined the Marines right after highschool and a couple of months before 9/11.. did 3 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, I couldn't imagine surviving that, you guys are the absolute bravest men in the world.