Hawaii John takes us on a lovely tour of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific that is much more complete than we received during the episodes on which the cemetery featured on Hawaii Five-0.
The overlook on which McGarrett stopped to take a picture of visiting tourists before meeting Miller (Andrew Duggan) in "Cocoon" (pilot) formerly stood at the entrance to the cemetery proper but seems not to exist, anymore.
In addition to driving around the cemetery, Hawaii John parks and takes us on a walk through the Lady Columbia statue, which we saw in the opening credits of Hawaii Five-0 each and every week. Did you know there is a chapel behind her? Yes! It is small, but it has pews for a family and stained-glass windows in an art deco design.
Hawaii John continues his walk to the overlook, views from which we saw in "A Bullet for McGarrett" (Season 2) and at least one other episode, name now forgotten. It has been rebuilt and greatly enlarged since those long-ago Five-0 days, as has Honolulu, down below. Buildings now block the former view of the Ala Wai Canal, as one looks toward Diamond Head.
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