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Aerial view of Ford Island, looking about NNE, taken 10 October 1941


Aerial view of Ford Island, showing revetments before camouflage, altitude 3,000 feet. taken 15 March 1942


Aerial view of Ford Island, taken in 2013

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Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, showing revetments before camouflage, altitude 3,000 feet, March 15, 1942


Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, showing revetments before camouflage, altitude 3,000 feet, March 15, 1942

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Ford Island November 1941


Ford Island c 1986

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Series of photos showing Battleship row, Pearl Harbor and Ford Island, 10 December 1941

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Salvaging a Japanese Navy Type 99 Carrier Bomber (Val) from the waters at Pearl Harbor

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Pearl Harbor c 1945











Pearl Harbor January 1946

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Pearl Harbor c 1986


Pearl Harbor c 1991


Pearl Harbor c 2004


Pearl Harbor c 2006


Pearl Harbor c 2014


Ford Island c 2014

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great photos mark, most i had not seen before. thanks again.

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Amazing photos, a lot first time seeing, last time I was in Pearl was in 91 coming home from Desert Storm aboard the USS Ranger and Air Wing 2

Thanks as always, Mark! I haven't seen those two shots of that Val before. I wonder what became of it? Did the US ever capture or assemble a flyable one?

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Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Those are fantastic, Mark. I dont think I have ever seen any of those pics before either.

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Ford Island October 1941


View looking eastward from over Pearl City, with Ford Island in the middle of the view and Diamond Head in the distant center, 1 August 1942


Ford island upper right


Ford island upper right c 1944

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“Knowing what’s right, doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”

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WOW, great shots!
I'd never seen those shots of the Japanese planes over Ford Island during the attack before now...
Anyone have a clue when they built the bridge to the Island? I finally got there in 2003 and it was there by then, something that surprised me. The Island was mostly just the abandoned airstrip at the time as the museum in those hangars was only a dream then.
I wanna get back there again someday to visit it again.

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