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Ft. Barrette Fire Control Station on Pu’upalailai Hill 2020-01-26

Zo141. The Pu’upalailai Hill view, with the Fort Barrette Fire Control Station, from the Kapolei Town on Oahu in Hawaii. ———————————————– I had visited the Fort Barrette Fire Control Station before in 2005 and have pictures from that visit also. Nothing has changed, but for this posting I will use these 2020-01-26 pictures. The surrounding […]

Oryoku Maru, Olongapo History

A01. Za301. This attacked ship is not the infamous Oryoku Maru, it looks more like freighter and it was attacked on the 19th Nov 1944 and not in Dec. 1944 when the Oryoku Maru was attacked and sunk in Olongapo. David Demether provided this picture. —————————————————————– Oryoku Maru was an Imperial Japanese Hell Ship with […]

Road to War, WWII, Pacific, Exhibit, part 05

Zo110. One of several images of the Road to War Exhibit at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center which is part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. This part #5 album has 28 images. Subjects are the Road to War Exhibit at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Road to War-WWII-Pacific, Pearl Harbor […]

Road to War, WWII, Pacific, Exhibit, part 04

Zo070. One of several images of the Road to War Exhibit at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center which is part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. This part #4 album has 33 images. Subjects are the Pacific Fleet, Road to War Exhibit at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Road to War-WWII-Pacific, […]

Road to War, WWII, Pacific, Exhibit, part 03

Zo038. One of several images of the Road to War Exhibit at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center which is part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. This part #3 album has 33 images. Subjects are the Pacific Fleet, Road to War Exhibit at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Road to War-WWII-Pacific, […]

Road to War, WWII, Pacific, Exhibit, part 02

Ze951. One of several images of the Road to War Exhibit at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center which is part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. This part #2 album has 41 images. Subjects are the USA in the 1930s, breaking the Japanese Code, exhibit in the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, the purple machine, about […]

Road to War, WWII, Pacific, Exhibit, part 01

Ue926. A New Home for the Pacific Fleet. In an effort to deter Japanese aggression the U.S. Pacific Fleet is moved from the U.S. west coast to Hawaii in the spring of 1940. ————————————————————————- Part 01! Images of the Road to War Exhibit at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center which is part of the Pearl […]

The USS Arizona Memorial at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial 2020-01-19.

Ze892. 200119a Pearl Harbor National Memorial 01. Entrance ————————————————— These pictures were shot on the 19th Jan. 2020 and are uploaded here in high resolution into this Facebook album. The memorial is free and the visit is all nicely organized but you should educate yourself with this URL, click here or copy and paste: https://www.nps.gov/valr/planyourvisit/fees.htm […]

Pearl Harbor History!

Ze883. This is a commemoration plaque of the ex-Pearl Harbor Coaling Station. This picture was shot on the 24th Dec. 2019 and is uploaded here in high resolution in the Flickr album below. ——————————————————- Walked around Pearl Harbor on the 24th Dec. 2019 and took these 8 pictures and uploaded them to this existing Flickr […]

USMC, Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis U.S.M.C. Photographs, Olongapo, early 1900s (2nd album).

Ze853. Navy Hospital ship Relief in Olongapo, circa 1908. I notice it is moored with chains, that should mean it was there for a long time. I also notice a Marine Guard on the pier with a rifle. This is a picture of the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis collection in the U.S.M.C. archives. ——————————————————- Earl […]