World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
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LocationAlaska, California and Hawaii, U.S.
Area6,310 acres (25.5 km2)
CreatedDecember 5, 2008
Visitors1,574,156 (in 2015)[1]
Governing bodyNational Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service
WebsiteWorld War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument was a U.S. national monument honoring events, people, and sites of the Pacific Theater engagement of the United States during World War II.

The monument was created on December 5, 2008, through a proclamation issued by President George W. Bush under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The proclamation date was selected in anticipation of the 67th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 2008. This was the first proclamation of a national monument in Alaska since the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980.[2] ANILCA limited new land withdrawals in Alaska without Congressional approval to 5,000 acres; the Alaska portion of the monument totaled 4,950 acres.

The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, signed into law March 12, 2019, abolished the national monument, replacing it with Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument, and Tule Lake National Monument.[3]

Sites

The USS Arizona Memorial and the mooring quays of Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
Granaries at Tule Lake Unit, Modoc County, California
Atka B-24D Liberator on Atka Island, Alaska

The national monument included nine sites in three states, totaling 6,310 acres (2,550 ha):

 Hawaii – sites administered by the National Park Service (21.3 acres). The actual shipwrecks of the Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma were not a part of the monument and remained under the jurisdiction of the US Navy.
 Alaska – sites administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service as part of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (4,950 acres)
 California – site jointly administered by both NPS and FWS (1,391 acres)

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  2. ^ ANILCA requires Congressional ratification of the use of the Antiquities Act for withdrawals of greater than 5,000 acres (20.2 km²) in Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980". Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "Text - S.47 - John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act". United States Congress. 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
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