Touching, even for non \"history buffs\"
I'm not even into history... AT ALL. But my husband and I were going to Hawaii for our honeymoon, and when you are flying from the Eastern US the whole way to Hawaii, you gotta go to Pearl Harbor while you're there. Seeing all the artifacts, hearing the stories on the headphones, and seeing the oil bubble up was just touching. Its hard to imagine living through that, but being there in the middle of everything makes it easier.
We LOVED the self guided tour. We were scheduled for an entire tour with a tour company, but the bus didn't pick us up. So they sent another car for us, and then we did the tour on our own with the headphones. I liked that better- you could go at your own pace.
Beware, there's more Japanese than American- while I'm very tolerant, it gets to you after a while when you can't understand a word anyone is saying.