I had never been to Hawaii before 2015. Then I had the fortune to go there 3 times for various Marine Corps reasons. I took hundreds of pictures (thankfully, I don't have to pay for developing or film anymore!) over the three trips.
Book ends of the war
Arizona memorial at sunset, seen from Ford Island
From the Punch Bown National Pacific Cemetery
The iconic Ford Island Control Tower
The Swamp Ghost up close at the Pacific Air Museum, Ford Island
The rarely visited Utah Memorial
Here are links to my galleries:
Ford Island Historical buildings
Punch Bowl Cemetery
USS Bowfin Submarine
Pacific Air Museum
USS Missouri
USS Arizona, Utah, Oklahoma memorials
I have lots of other Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Pacific locations, and everything else at my Google Photos site. Here is the link to the Photo Archives site that people, even without a Google Account, can access:
https://get.google.com/albumarchive/104745627018165888181?source=pwa
Thank you for posting this. I made a brief entry on FB, but unfortunately didn't have time to post on my own forum. I have been cramming to complete my book in order to publish on time for Christmas, so that's been my focus for the past few weeks.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
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And the next couple of photos that follow are from an earlier trip to the Pacific Air Museum on Ford Island. The tell the story of "Swamp Ghost"
Maj Todd O. USMC, Retired
Grandson of LTC John O'Brien
