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The Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund has raised nearly $54 million of the estimated $58 million cost of the center. Donations from individuals will cover more than $22 million of it, while the federal government is putting up $29.6 million and the state of Hawaii is paying $2 million. The current center, built in 1980, was designed to accommodate about 2,000 visitors a day. But more than 4,000 people have been visiting daily on average since the 1980s, straining its resources. The Arizona sank nine minutes after a being hit by an aerial bomb dropped by a Japanese plane. It is an underwater grave for more than 1,000 sailors and Marines unable to escape. ___ On the Net: USS Arizona Memorial: Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund:
http://www.nps.gov/usar/
http://www.pearlharbormemorial.com/
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