The 46th Annual ISA Convention was held in Honolulu from 1st to 5th March, 2005. I attended this. I stayed with Tarun Sharma who was the son of our very good friends and neighbors in Hyderabad when we had just started our lives and Bittu my eldest son was born there. Tarun was then a small boy studying in 6th class and would roam in nickers. He came to receive me in a Mercedes car and I was very thrilled to see his progress. He is now a Doctor and his wife , Kavita is also a doctor and they both practice in the US. On 5th evening Kavitas mother took me to see Pearl Harbor along with a few friends of hers. Pearl Harbor attack, on December 7, 1941 was a surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial, signifies this attack and is a memorial to the dead soldiers. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial is located in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, on the island of Oahu in the State of Hawai'i. Within close proximity to downtown Honolulu and the resort area of Waikiki, the Pearl Harbor site is the most visited destination on Oahu. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial and its partners preserve, interpret, and commemorate the history of World War II in the Pacific from the events leading to the December 7, 1941, attack on Oah'u, to peace and reconciliation. The names of the soldiers dead has been engraved on the wall. The attack killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians, and destroyed or damaged 19 U.S. Navy ships, including 8 battleships.
