Family in Hawaii – Philippine-Sailor

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Family related stories in Hawaii

Zo678

Zo678. My guess is that this is the Army Wheeler Army Air Force Base in Central Oahu during the 7th Dec. 1941 Japanese attack on Hawaii. This picture was provided by the Berger Girl’s URL, above.

Zo247. This is one of 4 images of the snack shop and restrooms building and area as you make a left turn to the south after entering the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. A look back, the snack shop is at right.

Ze567

Ze567. At the rear of the former Battery Randolph, now it is the front of the Army Museum in the Ft. Derussy are several pieces of military hardware.

Ze566

Ze566. In the area where Gun #2 of Battery Randolph was is now an attack helicopter. The sound of the helicopter blades is a sound of the Viet Nam War I will take to my grave.

Ze565

Ze565. I like this picture, it shown my grandson Dylan in front of a picture with young boys playing with toy air craft; this is in the Army Museum at the Ft. Derussy Beach Park. That is exactly the same thing Dylan is doing when he plays.

Ze563

Ze563. This picture is from one of my 1966 picture albums. I believe it was a Continental Airline Military Charter Flight and it stopped here in Honolulu on my way to Viet Nam via the Philippines. I just came from the 6th Fleet and participated in the Santa Domingo Conflict in 1965 and helped raise the H-Bomb that dropped in the Mediterranean Sea after a B-52 and refueling plane collided in 1965. The Viet Nam had started 1965 for real with the first combat units landed there in 1965 and I volunteered and that tour was 2 years and 9 month.

Ze561

Ze561. My Grandson Dylan and my son in Law Keun are looking at a 105mm howitzer at the Army Museum in Ft. Derussy. This picture is very symbolic to me because I came from a divided country that is now united again. My grandson Dylan who is of Viet Namese ethnicity and that country is united again also, although under a communist regime. Keu is a son of a Korean-American family and his country is not united yet!

Ze553

Ze553. This is the Army Museum in Fort Derussy in Waikiki.