President Obama visits the U.S.S Arizona Memorial (9 images)

President Barack Obama presents a wreath in the shrine room of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michele Obama, Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Robert F. Willard and his wife Donna WIllard enter the shrine room of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool

President Barack Obama walks with First Lady Michele Obama, Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Robert F. Willard and his wife Donna WIllard walk around the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool

President Barack Obama and Donna WIllard are seen in the aft section of the Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Barge after departing from the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool