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The carillon is nicknamed "Coronation" and was funded in part by the Pacific War Memorial Commission and individual contributions. Arthur Godfrey helped to raise funds. [1] The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific was the first such cemetery to install Bicentennial Medal of Honor headstones, the medal insignia being defined in gold leaf ...
Hawaii Capital Historic District ... National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. January 11, 1976 ... War Memorial Natatorium. August 11, 1980 ...
The Hawaii State Archive is cataloging documents and records from the Pacific War Memorial Commission, chronicling how the state raised money to commemorate the Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack ...
This portion of Fort Shafter housed the headquarters of the commanding general and his staff, U.S. Army forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II. By 1944 this command was responsible for the supply and administration of all U.S. Army personnel in the Central and South Pacific , and from 1943 to 1945, carried out logistical planning for ...
The Overlook also includes a Memorial Wall of Names for the 1,888 U.S. servicemen who died in the 1941 and 1944 battles, as well as the 1,170 people of Guam who died and the 14,721 people of Guam who suffered war atrocities. [5]
The Pacific War Memorial Commission was created in 1949 to build a permanent memorial in Hawaii. Admiral Arthur W. Radford , commander of the Pacific Fleet , attached a flag pole to the main mast of the Arizona in 1950, and began a tradition of hoisting and lowering the flag.
In early 1942, the governments of smaller Allied powers began to push for an inter-governmental Asia-Pacific war council. The Pacific War Council was formed in Washington DC on 1 April 1942, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his key advisor Harry Hopkins, and representatives from Britain, China, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and ...
Representatives of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), Navy Region Hawaii and Nan, Inc., dba Ocean House Builders break ground for the Pacific Warfighting Center. [4] A groundbreaking ceremony was held August 29, 2007. [5] Speakers at the event included U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye [6] and Navy Admiral Timothy J. Keating, commander ...