World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
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| Location | Alaska, California & Hawaii, USA |
| Area | 6,310 acres (25.5 km2) |
| Created | December 5, 2008 |
| Visitors | 1,574,156 (in 2015) |
| Governing body | National Park Service & Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Website | World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument |
The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is a U.S. National Monument honoring events, people, and sites of the Pacific Theater engagement of the United States during World War II.
The national monument includes 9 sites in 3 states, totaling 6,310 acres (2,550 ha):
The monument is administered by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The actual shipwrecks of the Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma are not parts of the monument, and remain under the jurisdiction of the US Navy.
The monument was created on December 5, 2008, through an executive order issued by President George W. Bush under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The proclamation date was selected in anticipation of the 67th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 2008. This is the first proclamation of a national monument in Alaska since passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980.
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