In remembrance of the Japanese attack on the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Mr. Paul Freely, a history teacher here at Middletown High School, presented the cadets of the NJROTC a detailed 1/350 scale model of the USS Arizona as she appeared in December 1941. The Arizona was one of the battleships that was sunk on that "Day that will live in Infamy." Over 1,000 crew members remain entombed therein. The ship is now a national monument and remains where she was moored on that fateful day and, although no longer still in commission, is still very much an honored part of the United States Navy. Over the last year Mr. Freely has very kindly donated a number of hand-built models of famous Navy ships, including the U.S.S. Hornet which launched Lt. Col. (later Major General) James Dolittle's famous raid on Japan, President Kennedy's PT-109, and a number of modern ships. Thank you, Mr. Freely, for helping us remember. The models can be seen in the NJROTC classroom.
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| Mr. Freely present the model of the U.S.S. Arizona to Cadets Parker Robertson, and Noriega. |
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The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.
The white structure is perpendicular to the ship, which you can see settled into the mud of Pearl Harbor. |
