Guns For WWII Memorial Arrive In Phoenix

Two guns, including one from the USS Arizona, are set to arrive in Phoenix for a planned state World War II memorial.

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett will lead a ceremony Friday at the Capitol in Wesley Bolin Plaza celebrating their arrival.

The gun barrels from the Arizona and the USS Missouri will be delivered by railcar.

Veterans of both battleships will be honored at the event.

The Arizona was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor at the opening of America’s involvement in the war, while the Missouri was the site of the Japanese surrender ceremony that ended the war.

Bennett’s office has estimated the memorial’s cost to be about $500,000.

Corporate donations of services are expected to cover significant portions of the work.-[source]