As UA students enter the Student Memorial Center to grab a bite to eat from Chick- fil-A, few know the significance of the building they walk into. The SUMC is modeled after the USS Arizona, which sunk in the Pearl Harbor Attacks in 1941.
Even today, the UA continues to share a strong connection with the ship that sunk 75 years ago. This season when facing Hawaii, Arizona football paid tribute to the 1,177 crew members whom fell on that miserable December day. With bright red pants and grey jerseys, each player boasted the ship’s BB-39 hull number on their backs, the identification numbergiven to the ship.