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National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific — Punchbowl Crater

Honolulu, HI

A military cemetery occupies the interior of Punchbowl, an extinct volcanic tuff cone above Honolulu. The combination of crater geology, monumental stairways, mosaics, and thousands of military graves makes it visually unusual, but visitors should follow cemetery rules and maintain respectful behavior.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/nmcp.asp

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