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USS Utah BB-31 and its Memorial

Ze662. This is a WW One picture of the USS Utah BB-31 from Wikipedia. This is the URL, click here or copy and paste it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Utah_(BB-31) ————————————————– The USS Utah BB-31 was ones a proud ship but is resting now at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor as a War Grave Site and WWII Memorial. On […]

USS Oklahoma BB-37 Memorial

——————————————- Ze650. This is the USS Oklahoma BB-37 Battle Ship Memorial on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. When you stand at the gate of the USS Missouri Memorial you have this view of the USS Oklahoma Memorial. ——————————————- I read that the USS Oklahoma Memorial existed but I had no idea how it looked. On […]

First Shots of WWII in the Pacific and a mini submarine sunk!

Ze626. This plaque Commemorates the USS Ward firing the first shot on the 7th Dec. 1941 and sinking an Imperial Japanese Mini Submarine. It is located at Bishop Point, at the entrance of Pearl Harbor. ————————————————————— On the 7th Oct. 2019 I visited the Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) at Bishop Point, located […]

Disabled American Veterans Park (DAV) in Honolulu in 2019

Disabled American Veterans Park (DAV) in Honolulu in 2019 Ze594. This is a view of the Keehe Lagoon Beach Park from the elevated H1 Highway. The DAV Park is part of it and is left or east of it. ———————————— This album also has some shot from the Keehe Lagoon Beach Park and some scenic […]

Viet Nam Memories

—————————– Ze556. On the 2nd floor of the Army Museum in Fort Derussy in Waikiki is a large room with many stories displayed of U.S Service Men receiving the Medal of Honor. I glanced at one name and I recognized it immediately and it awoke deep memories of our service in Viet Nam. He was […]

Viet Nam, Hawaii, Philippines, Memories

—————————– Ze553. This is the Army Museum in Fort Derussy in Waikiki. —————————— Recently my family moved temporarily to Hawaii and I visited the Army Museum in Fort Derussy in Waikiki with family members. I saw pictures there that reminded me of my life in this world. —————————— Ze554. The Army Museum in Fort Derussy […]

The Subic-Tipo Expressway is widened!

The Subic-Tipo Expressway is widened! Ze535. This is the starting end of the Subic-Tipo Expressway, at this end there were already 4 lanes, they are separated now to construct the new connections to the SBFZ roads. ——————————————- The Subic-Tipo Expressway is built by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) after the U.S. Navy left and […]

Honolulu Rail Transit Project.

Ze528. Honolulu Rail Transit, Aloha Stadium Station #9 is being finished. ——————————————- The Honolulu Rail Transit Project is making progress; here is the project’s web side, click here or copy and paste the URL: https://www.honolulutransit.org/ Here is the URL for the map, click here or copy and paste the URL. http://cchnl.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=645f714ffdc742e7825023b80b99793d How-a-20-mile-train-line-swelled-into-a-9-billion-debacle, click here or […]

Fort Barrette in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii.

Ze523. Battery Hatch West of Fort Barrette in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii. ————————————————- Fort Barrette is now located in Kapolei where the town has been rapidly developed by new residents these days. The fort had Battery Hatch inside armed with two 16-inch Mk II guns. The gun emplacement can be seen on the hill from the […]

Masonry Centennial Monument (Park) on Zambales Shortcut Road 2019-03-04

Ze500. This is one of 19 images of a new Masonic Centennial Monument/Marker in a new Masonic Centennial Park along the San Marcelino-San Narciso Shortcut Road in Zambales. I noticed this new park on the 4th of March, 2019 and learned it was established on the 31st of Jan. 2019. —————————————————– Often during my life […]