Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey visits Pearl Harbor on 75th anniversary of attack

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey was in Hawaii to lay a wreath at Pearl Harbor in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the base.

Ducey attended a ceremony Wednesday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in recognition of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Honored to join Pearl Harbor's oldest survivor, Ray Chavez onboard the @USSMissouri with @GovHawaii and Silvestre Herrera Jr. #PearlHarbor75 pic.twitter.com/AZ59O9WchG

— Doug Ducey (@dougducey) December 6, 2016

He has been in Hawaii all week.

During the ceremony, according to a press release, Ducey made note to the crowd of the memorial to the attack on the grounds of his state’s capitol — a gun barrel from the USS Arizona and one from the USS Misouri.

The governor’s schedule included presenting a wreath at the USS Arizona Memorial. Nearly 1,200 service members killed on the battleship.

He also ordered flags across Arizona be lowered to half-staff in honor of the service members who died that day.

Ducey on Tuesday attended an event on the USS Missouri hosted by the Arizona Medal of Honor Society.

His predecessor, Jan Brewer, also made the annual trip to the site.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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