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Mar 24, 2015 · World War II affected aviation in Hawaii forever. The military took over all airfields in the Territory after December 7, 1941 and improved the airfield and built new facilities at major fields. After the War the airports were returned to the Territory and commercial aviation resumed. New airlines entered the interisland and trans-Pacific markets. John Rodgers Field was renamed Honolulu Airport.
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Small US Navy base built in early 1943, after Japan anchorage off one of the islands in March 1942 as part of Operation K. [103] Naval Base Hawaii supported the Sand Island seaplane base on Johnston Atoll 1,514 km (940 miles) from Hawaii.
Mar 24, 2015 · A mass flight of 17 U.S. Navy planes from San Diego to Hawaii, 2,570 miles, was completed in 17 hours and 21 minutes. 1938 (15 Sept) Hickam Field was officially activated. The Hawaiian Air Depot began its move from Luke Field with approximately 600 men. 1938
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Source: Adapted from Historical Section, Fourteenth Naval District. Administrative History of the Fourteenth Naval District and the Hawaiian Sea Frontier. vol. 1 (Hawaii, 1945) [This manuscript, identified as United States Naval Administrative History of World War II #121-A, is located in the Navy Department Library's Rare Book Room.] [Please Note: This historic manuscript written in 1945 ...
From December 8, 1941 until mid November 1945, Oahu was under martial law. All efforts were focused on winning the war in the Pacific Theater. Major Army and Marine training bases were built on Maui and Hawaii. Interisland ships and the seaplanes of Pan American Airways were pressed into service for the U.S. Navy. Inter-Island Airways flew its […]
Pearl Harbor, as it is now known, is mentioned in the accounts of early Pacific voyages as "Wai-Momi"--literally, the "Water of the Pearl" or "Pearl Water." It is also mentioned in early accounts as "Pearl River" and "Pearl Lochs." The earliest discoverers, explorers, and traders who wrote accounts of their visits to the Sandwich Islands, seem ...
Oct 19, 2020 · Pōkā Laenui is an attorney, founding member of the TRANSCEND Network, and lives in Hawai’i. He is regarded as the father of the modern Hawaiian Sovereignty movement having brought the issue in the Hawaii and Federal Courts since 1977 and taken that case to the UN via the Indigenous People’s hearing. He was the primary spokesperson for the ...
