National Cemetery of the Pacific

National Cemetery of the Pacific is located at Puowaina Drive in Honolulu Oahu, Hawaii and is just seven miles from Honolulu International Airport. The cemetery serves as a memorial to the men and women who served in the U.S and is situated in an unusual setting. It is set in what is known as the "Punchbowl" in the middle of Puowaina Crater, which is an extinct volcano.

The cemetery is 112.5 acres in size and was dedicated in 1949 on the fourth anniversary of V-J Day. However, the site's history goes back much further when Hawaiians offered human sacrifices to pagan gods here and appropriately Puowaina translates as "hill of sacrifice". The cemetery is open daily from 8am to 5.30pm between September 30 and March 1, and until 6.30pm the rest of the year.

A memorial pathway at the cemetery is lined with a variety of memorials honoring America's veterans from different organizations. There are at least 56 such memorials situated here that mostly commemorate soldiers of 20th-century wars, including those killed at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The area is wheelchair accessible and there are restrooms located here too. On the southern rim of the cemetery there is a lookout point with plenty of parking available.