Media Category: Hawaii Bases
Hawaii has many military bases, so this a category for them
Ze575
Ze575. This picture of the US West Point Military Academy reminded me at the Philippine Academy in Baguio. Lots of people do not know that, then Lt. Col. Eisenhower, had a long relationship with General MacArthur; in the Philippines he was Gen MacArthur’s Chief of Staff. I read that he had a lot to do with the establishment of the Philippine Academy. Here is an URL about their relationship from the Association of the United States Army: https://www.ausa.org/articles/eisenhower-and-macarthur-toil-trouble-and-turbulence-philippines:
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Ze574
Ze574. This picture and description in the Army Museum in the Ft. Derussy Beach Park caught my attention because I never saw a carrier control island, control superstructure with such a jury rigged protection. What would have been the Pacific War without carriers; they were the Queen of Weapons that decided the war in the Pacific.
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Ze573
Ze573. This picture and description in the Army Museum in the Ft. Derussy Beach Park caught my attention because I never saw a carrier control island, control superstructure with such a jury rigged protection. What would have been the Pacific War without carriers; they were the Queen of Weapons that decided the war in the Pacific.
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Ze572
Ze572. 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. Here is a Japanese light tank description; it was captured on the Makin Atoll in 1943. They remind me of capture of Corregidor Island by the Japanese; they used tanks and even had an American tank. The American Paratroopers used the 105 mm field guns to liberate Corregidor from the Japanese.
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Ze571
Ze571. 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. Here is the American tank description; it is a M24 Light Tank. They remind me of capture of Corregidor Island by the Japanese; they used tanks and even had an American tank. The American Paratroopers used the 105 mm field guns to liberate Corregidor from the Japanese.
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Ze570
Ze570. 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. Here we see two tanks and light artillery pieces. They remind me of capture of Corregidor Island by the Japanese; they used tanks and even had an American tank. The American Paratroopers used the 105 mm field guns to liberate Corregidor from the Japanese.
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Ze569
Ze569. 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. This is a US Prefabricated Pill Box which was spread out throughout Oahu at vital defense positions. That reminded me of our fortification in Viet Nam against rocket, mortar and ground attacks when I was assigned to Civic Action Teams in villages around Da Nang.
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Ze568
Ze568. 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. This is a US Prefabricated Pill Box which was spread out throughout Oahu at vital defense positions. That reminded me of our fortification in Viet Nam against rocket, mortar and ground attacks.
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