"THE INFAMY" ...

[Mark Allen M]

Aerial view of the hull of the battleship Arizona (BB 39) taken during the 1950s prior to the construction of the USS Arizona Memorial




Aerial view of Hickam Field c 1948


A variety of aircraft were stationed at Ford Island in 1941.


Hickam Field in the distance with Hickam Hospital & water tower c 1941


Ford Island Tower c 1940's


Ford Island tower in more recent years

USS Enterprise VF-6 F4F's that were mistaken for Japanese the evening of Dec 7th and subsequently shot down while attempting to land at Ford Island.
Pilot Aircraft Outcome
LT(jg) Francis F. Hebel 6-F-1 Died of injuries
ENS Herbert H. Menges 6-F-15 Killed
ENS James G. Daniels III 6-F-5 Landed safely, uninjured
LT(jg) Eric Allen Jr. 6-F-12 Died of injuries
ENS Gayle L. Hermann 3-F-15 Shot out of air, survived without serious injury
ENS David R. Flynn 6-F-4 Shot down, survived without serious injury


ENS Gayle L. Herman’s Wildcat


F4F-4s of VF-6 on USS Enterprise (CV-6) in April 1942


F4F-3 of VF-6 taking off from USS Enterprise (CV-6) 1942


One of the B-24's caught on the attack


Hickam Field P-40 being stripped of paint.


USS Missouri BB63 entering Pearl Harbor 1945


Hale Makai Barracks, located on Hickam Air Force Base, still bears silent testimony to the bullet and shrapnel damage sustained during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor


Hangar 79, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. The glass was shot up during the attack on Pearl Harbor. So it remains.


Bullet holes at headquarters building of Hickam Air Force Base.


Pearl Harbor survivor of the December 7, 1941 attack. Sikorsky JRS-1 (NASM archives)


Pearl Harbor survivor of the December 7, 1941 attack. Sikorsky JRS-1 (NASM archives)


Pearl Harbor survivor of the December 7, 1941 attack. Sikorsky JRS-1 (NASM archives)


Pearl Harbor survivor of the December 7, 1941 attack. Sikorsky JRS-1 (NASM archives)


Woody Derby, a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, salutes the names of the deceased at the USS Arizona Memorial



It's so easy to take things for granted and to find ways to be upset and complain about what we don't have in life when actually it only takes but a few minutes to look at a old photo, read a few pages of history, visit a memorial or just watch a veteran or serviceperson walk down the street to realize just how lucky we actually are.

And because of so many sacrifices on December 7th, 1941, and the sacrifices of those from all the allied nations who followed afterward I have be able to live pretty well without too many speed bumps along the way. (well most of the time anyway )

There's several dates a year that I pause and reflect just for a few minutes and give thanks that I live the life I do. Those dates always seem to memorialize those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. Those who indeed have given everything have certainly earned a bit of my time each year. It's the least I can do.


Reggie and me

[JFS61]

Great pics. My aunt by marriage remarried a great guy whose brother was killed on the Arizona. As a kid, I once remember him talking about seeing the twisted remains of the ship when he sailed into Pearl not long after - Quite touching.

I do have a Pearl Harbor for our experts out there - Has the color footage taken by Army doctor Eric Haakenson from the USS Solace ever been found? My understanding was that it was lost, and that all we have left are black and white copies. However, every now and then I come across a reference that leads me to believe that it may have been rediscovered. Does anybody here know the true story?

[Dave Smith]

A very sensitive and moving selection, Mark. And that photo of you and beautiful Reggie seems symbolic of the real America. To this Brit anyway ...

[DH82EH]

Yet another great post Mark

I thank you yet again.

Reggie looks like a good bud.

Peace be with you all

Andy Scott

[Mark Allen M]

Thanks guys, Reggie is quite a celebrity around here as he just arrived last year from Ireland. He's got quite the show jumping resume already for being so young still. He's a great guy as you probably can tell in that photo. Other than he bit me right after that photo was taken for not giving him enough treats

Interestingly we have several horses on the ranch from Germany. Many of the worlds best show jumpers come from Germany.

[John Dupre]

A great post and some wonderful photographs. The one of Ford Island circa 1941 might more likely be circa 1951. Looks like a lot of nosewheel type aircraft in the middle foreground that might be P2V Neptunes, I don't think they are PBYs.

[Robbie Stuart]

Very nice ! That is one fine looking horse.

[Mark Allen M]

A great post and some wonderful photographs. The one of Ford Island circa 1941 might more likely be circa 1951. Looks like a lot of nosewheel type aircraft in the middle foreground that might be P2V Neptunes, I don't think they are PBYs.

Yah John I was thinking the same thing, but on further review I'm quite certain those are early B-26's. So I'm wondering if Ford Island had a visit from B-26's in late 1941? The C-47's in the foreground look right for 1941.

Thanks Robbie, he's a good one and he keeps getting bigger every day.

[Mark Allen M]

Not sure if I posted these photos here before or not.

[Mark Allen M]

And one more ... Ceremony for presentation of purple hearts to AF personel Hickan Field HI 2 April 1942

[sandiego89]

Thank you for posting Mark- a great reminder.

I never knew a B-24 was destroyed on the ground, had to look that one up. Seems it was 40-2371 laying over at Hickam before heading further west to Clark.

[airnutz]

A great post and some wonderful photographs. The one of Ford Island circa 1941 might more likely be circa 1951. Looks like a lot of nosewheel type aircraft in the middle foreground that might be P2V Neptunes, I don't think they are PBYs.

Yah John I was thinking the same thing, but on further review I'm quite certain those are early B-26's. So I'm wondering if Ford Island had a visit from B-26's in late 1941? The C-47's in the foreground look right for 1941.

Thanks Robbie, he's a good one and he keeps getting bigger every day.

Maybe 22nd Bomb Group birds fresh off the boat before they headed to the South Pacific/
Australia.

[Marauderman26]

A great post and some wonderful photographs. The one of Ford Island circa 1941 might more likely be circa 1951. Looks like a lot of nosewheel type aircraft in the middle foreground that might be P2V Neptunes, I don't think they are PBYs.

Yah John I was thinking the same thing, but on further review I'm quite certain those are early B-26's. So I'm wondering if Ford Island had a visit from B-26's in late 1941? The C-47's in the foreground look right for 1941.

Thanks Robbie, he's a good one and he keeps getting bigger every day.

Maybe 22nd Bomb Group birds fresh off the boat before they headed to the South Pacific/
Australia.

The 22nd B-26's where assembled at Hickam before departing for the south Pacific. A number also remained for the purpose of developing the procedures for equipping them with torpedo's.

[airnutz]

Thanks Marauderman26...looks to be about 10-12 of them on the ramp. When did the "long-wing" B-26 begin to be delivered to the Air Corps?

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[Marauderman26]

Thanks Marauderman26...looks to be about 10-12 of them on the ramp. When did the "long-wing" B-26 begin to be delivered to the Air Corps?

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airnutz,
The 22nd and 38th BG's along with the 28th composite group in Alaska where the only USAAC units sent to the Pacific with the short wings.
The first "Long Wing" B-26's where the B-26B-10 model introduced in February 1943 and sent to Europe and the Mediterranean.

The NAVY did return the Martin B-26 to the Pacific and the Hawaiian Islands in the form of the JM-1 Utility Type and 12 CB-26B's as transports.

Note the JM-1's on the old Luke Field side of Ford Island (Picture is from the NASM): http://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/hig ... -2011h.jpg