1930’s

From the Images of Old Hawaii website Site selection narrowed to about 2,200-acres of land bordered by Pearl Harbor channel on the west, Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation on the north, ...
Read More Check Six – 1935: Hickam Field, Territory of Hawaii

This photograph shows the John Rodgers Airport along the future Lagoon Drive. It was taken on September 14, 1937.  The airport and facilities developed over the years until the Honolulu International Airport opened in ...
Read More Check Six -1937: John Rodgers Airport

From the Images of Old Hawaii website In Hawaiʻi, the US Army built Luke Field on Ford Island (constructed in 1917) by 1928, they recognized the benefit of an expanded ...
Read More Check Six: Hickam Field Dedicated – 84 years ago

In 1934, the Army Air Corps saw the need for another airfield in Hawaii when Luke Field on Ford Island became too congested for both air operations and operation of ...
Read More Check Six – 1935: Hickam Field

Check Six: Haleiwa Field

Posted on Mar 10, 2016 in 1930's, Check Six

From the Images of Old Hawaii website The date of construction of the Haleiwa airfield has not been determined. The earliest depiction of the field which has been located was ...
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Contributing editor Stephen Lum provided this article and the photographs for this Retiree News post. Former Maui armory named for former 299th Infantry commander  click on photographs to enlarge The Hawai‘i Army ...
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Check Six: December 27, 1935

Posted on Dec 27, 2014 in 1930's, Check Six

From the This Day in Aviation website 27 December 1935: When an eruption of the 13,679-foot (4,169-meter) shield volcano Mauna Loa, that had been ongoing since late November, threatened the town of ...
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This is the second of a series of articles by contributing editor Stephen Lum entitled My Back Pages. Steve retired from the Hawai‘i Army National Guard and continues to work in the State ...
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