Lady Columbia symbolizes all grieving mothers and looks out on the cemetery
Also known as Pu'owaina Crater (Punchbowl) or "Hill of Sacrifice". A beautifully serene 116 acre resting place built in 1948 for over 25,000 men and women of three American Wars: WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Over 776 victims from December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were among the first to be buried here. There is also a special monument for Hawaiian born Ellison Onizuka, astronaut, who perished aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle.
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