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Since the summer of 1940 the Army had planned for military rule of the Territory of Hawaii if it was seriously threatened by invasion, and in March 1941 General Short had earnestly...
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32 Rads, CG Hawaiian Dept to TAG, 16 and 31 Dec 41, and 1...
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Including the B-17's arriving from the mainland, some 249...
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Museum exhibits tell the story of the U.S. Army in Hawaii and the Pacific area, the military history of Hawaii, and the contributions made by Hawaii and Hawaii’s citizens to the...
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Dec 8, 2020 · In 1935, lava from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano threatened the nearby town of Hilo. Responding to a request by island volcanologists, the U.S. Army Air Service sent planes to bomb the lava flow.
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U.S. Army Ground Forces, Pacific. "History of Organized Defense Volunteers in the Territory of . Hawaii." Mimeo materials variously dated 1945-47. UA928H3U5. U.S. Dept of Army. OCMH. Order of Battle of the United States Army Ground Forces in World War II: Pacific Theater of Operations. Wash, DC, 1959. pp. 107-55. D767U52. U.S. War Dept.
Demobilized 14 February 1919 at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii Reconstituted 29 June 1921 in the Hawaii National Guard as the 2d Infantry Redesignated 17 August 1923 as the 299th...
Mar 24, 2015 · 1940. In order to provide aviation facilities to the Army and Navy on the Neighbor Islands, 91 acres of land at Hickam Field was traded to the Territory of Hawaii for access to airfield land on Kauai (Port Allen), Maui (Puunene), Molokai (Homestead Field), and Hilo and Upolu on the Big Island.
U.S. military since it became a U.S. territory in 1898. The historic attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which led the United States into World War II, was the most notable event in Hawaii’s military history. More than 2,000 American soldiers and sailors lost their lives on what became known as “a date which will live in infamy.”