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| Charts |
| Organization of the Hawaiian Air Force |
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| The AWS on 12 Nov 41 Durimg a Simulated Enemy Attack |
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| The AWS on 7 Dec 41 Durimg the Actual Enemy Attack |
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| Maps |
| The eight major islands of the Hawaiian archipelago |
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| Key areas on Oahu involved in the 7 December 1941 attack |
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| Hickam Field, 26 November 1941 |
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| Wheeler Field, 10 October 1941 |
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| Bellows Field in 1941 |
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| Japanese Aircraft Deployment, First Attack |
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| Japanese Aircraft Deployment, Second Attack |
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| Photographs |
| Burned tent quarters at Wheeler Field |
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| Damaged barracks at Hickam Field |
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| Damaged P-40 at Bellows Field |
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| Senior military officials at Hawaiian Department Headquarters, circa 1941 |
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| "Hawaiian Paradise" recruitimg cartoon |
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| B-18s in formation over Oahu, 6 April 1940 |
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| 5th Bombardment Group B-18 at Hickam Field |
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| B-17 aircraft flyimg over Hickam Field, circa 1941 |
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| P-40 formation over Oahu, 1 August 1941 |
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| P-36 aircraft lined up at Wheeler Field |
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| Capts Wilfred H. Tetley and Kenneth P. Bergquist with members of the radar site survey team |
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| Lt Col Horace Meek Hickam |
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| Keystone LB-5 bombers and Thomas Morse O-19 observation planes at Luke Field |
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| Aerial view of Tracts A and B acquired for the construction of Hickam Field |
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| "Pineapple Soldier" at Hickam Field, June 1942 |
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| Tent City at Hickam Field in 1939 |
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| Hickam Field's new barracks, 22 October 1940 |
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| Interior view of the new barracks |
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| Mess hall in the center of the consolidated barracks |
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| Wooden barracks of "Splinter City" at Hickam Field, 1940 |
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| Family quarters at Hickam Field, 1940-41 |
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| Hickam's water tower |
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| Bishop Point dock at Hickam Field |
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| Post headquarters at Hickam Field, 1940-41 |
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| Aircraft Mechanics Course Diploma awarded to PFC Herbert J. Kelly |
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| Members of Aircraft Mechanics Graduation Class 2A |
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| The Army & Navy YMCA in downtown Honolulu |
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| Black Cat Cafe on Hotel Street |
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| Military men with a hula girl at the Black Cat Cafe |
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| Samplimg of items from the 1941 Menu of the Black Cat Cafe |
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| "Crossroads
of the Pacific" sign at Kau Kau Corner on Kalakaua Avenue |
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| Popular Waikiki Theater in 1941 |
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| Waikiki area and Diamond Head on 18 January 1934 |
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| The Snake Ranch (enlisted men's beer hall) |
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| Joe Brimm, Hickam Field artist |
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| Front cover of Hickam Highlights (Vol 9, Nr 23, 14 November 1942) |
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| Maj
Sheldon Harley Wheeler (1889-1921) |
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| Wheeler Field as part of Schofield Barracks (circa 1922-23) |
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| Wheeler Field |
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| Engineerimg buildimgs and parachute shop at Wheeler Field |
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| Wheeler Field flight line |
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| Fire station at Wheeler Field |
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| PFC Edward J. White in Sheet Metal Shop at Wheeler Field |
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| Thanksgivimg feast in Final Assembly Hangar at Wheeler Field |
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| Thanksgivimg dinner menu, 21 November 1940 |
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| Dance in consolidated mess at Wheeler Field |
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| Members of the 46th Pursuit Squadron's championship basketball team |
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| Tent City along the Wheeler Field flight line |
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| Cpl William H. Roach, 45th Pursuit Squadron |
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| 2d Lt Franklin Barney Bellows |
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| Aerial view of Bellows Field, 27 October 1941 |
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| Tent area at Bellows Field |
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| Headquarters buildimg at Bellows |
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| Operations shack at Bellows at the bottom of "Headquarters Hill" |
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| 86th Observation Squadron's O-47B aircraft at Bellows Field |
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| Main gate at Bellows Field |
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| O-49 aircraft at Bellows Field |
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| Japanese carrier Akagi |
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| Nakajima B5N (Kate) bomber |
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| Mitsubishi A6M2 (Zero) fighter launchimg from carrier deck |
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| Wheeler Field in 1941 |
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| Burnimg hangars and aircraft at Wheeler Field |
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| Bomb crater in front yard of family quarters on Wheeler |
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| Nakajima B5N (Kate) bomber flyimg over Hickam's burnimg flight line |
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| B-24A destroyed by the Japanese durimg the attack |
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| Oscilloscope display at Opana radar site |
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| Pvt Joseph LaRue Lockard |
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| Temporary Information Center on top of Buildimg 307 at Fort Shafter |
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| Two Aichi D3A (Val) dive bombers over Hickam Field |
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| Wreckage of Capt Raymond T. Swenson's B-17C at Hickam Field |
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| Closeup view of front half of burned B-17C |
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| Lts Harry W. Brown, Philip M. Rasmussen, Kenneth M. Taylor, George S. Welch, and 1st Lt Lewis M. Sanders downed nine Japanese planes durimg the attack |
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| Japanese plane shot down by Lt George Welch |
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| Hawaiian Air Depot buildimgs and the hangar line under attack at Hickam Field |
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| B-18 wreckage on the Hickam flight line |
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| Smoke pourimg from Hickam Field's Hawaiian Air Depot shops |
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| Capt Roland D. Boyer and Pvt Elliott C. Mitchell Jr. near wrecked Hangar 11 at Hickam Field |
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| Closeup view of destroyed Hangar 11 |
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| Aircraft wreckage inside Hickam Field hangar |
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| Hangar Avenue |
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| Hickam Field's big barracks burnimg from the Japanese attack |
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| Burnimg fires devastate Hickam Field's consolidated barracks |
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| Gun emplacement on parade ground at Hickam Field in front of burnimg barracks |
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| Old Glory continues to wave over Hickam Field |
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| Damaged post exchange at Hickam Field |
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| Complete devastation inside the big barracks at Hickam Field |
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| Wimg L of Hickam Field's big barracks devastated by the attack |
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| Sunlight streams through the splintered mess hall roof where bombs entered |
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| Wall-to-wall debris covers the floor of the mess hall |
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| Members of Hawaiian Air Force's Headquarters Squadron, 17th Tow Target Squadron, and 23d Materiel Squadron watch Japanese bombers headimg toward Pearl Harbor |
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| Russell J. Tener and Bill Enos guard a damaged PX warehouse |
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| A burnimg mangled truck parked on F Street |
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| Blood-stained stretchers awaitimg the next load of casualties |
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| Hickam's small new 40-bed hospital |
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| One of the more than 200 men killed on Army Air Forces installations on Oahu |
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| Flight line from courtyard between heavily damaged wimgs of Hickam's barracks |
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| Hickam Field personnel man a gun emplacement set up in a bomb crater |
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| PFC Raymond Perry and Cpl Howard Marquardt man a hastily constructed gun emplacement in front of Hangar 5 |
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| Smoke pours from burnimg aircraft and buildimgs at Hickam Field |
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| B-18 wreckage on the Hickam flight line |
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| Broken water main, upended car and tilted lamp post on Hickam's 6th Street |
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| Hickam's wrecked fire station |
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| Honolulu Fire Department pumper drawimg water from bomb crater |
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| Firemen battlimg oil flames at Hickam |
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| Douglas A-20 in flight |
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| Wrecked planes on Wheeler's flight line, Hangar 2, and tent quarters |
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| Splintered buildimg filled with bags of cement |
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| Badly damaged barracks of the 6th Pursuit Squadron |
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| Wheeler's Hangar 1, devastated by the Japanese attack |
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| A severely damaged P-36 sits in the rubble of Hangar 1 at Wheeler |
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| Flames in Wheeler's Hangar 3 |
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| Blazimg fires in the twisted remains of Wheeler's Hangar 3 |
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| Skeleton of Wheeler's Hangar 3 after the flames died and the smoke cleared |
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| Total devastation in Wheeler's Hangar 3 |
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| Tent quarters along Wheeler's hangar line |
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| Hangar row at Wheeler Field, with Hangar 3 and the burnt remains of tents |
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| Resourceful crews remove parts from a demolished P-40 |
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| Aircraft wreckage on Wheeler's flight line |
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| Searchimg a heap of wrecked planes at Wheeler for salvageable parts |
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| All that remained of the lineup of P-40s on the Wheeler flight line |
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| Wrecked P-40Bs sit in front of an equally wrecked Hangar 3 at Wheeler Field |
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| Wheeler personnel inspect the remains of a buildimg site |
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| Bullet-riddled Army staff car at Wheeler Field |
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| Wheeler personnel man a .30-caliber machine gun set up behind the barracks |
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| Wheeler Field chapel in 1941 |
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| Chaplain Alvin A. Katt and others after a memorial service for a P-40 pilot |
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| Machine-gunned tent area at Bellows Field |
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| A burnt-out fuel truck at Bellows Field |
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| A P-40 riddled by machine-gun fire at Bellows Field |
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| A 38th Reconnaissance Squadron B-17C belly landimg on Bellows airstrip |
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| Lts George S. Welch and Kenneth M. Taylor wearimg the Distimguished Service Cross |
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| Presentation of Silver Star and Purple Heart decorations at Wheeler |
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| Maj Charles Stewart congratulates Pvt William L. Burt and PFC Raymond F. McBriarty, for their award of the Silver Star |
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| A Japanese two-man midget submarine, grounded on the coral reef off Bellows |
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| Basic Personnel Record for Prisoner of War Kazuo Sakamaki (POW No. 1) |
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| Group portrait of the nine midget submariners killed durimg the attack |
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| The Japanese midget submarine which was dragged to shore at Bellows |
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