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Palm Circle or the Pineapple Pentagon, [2] is a historic portion of Fort Shafter in Honolulu, Hawaii. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, it 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 ...
Palm Circle was laid out as a cantonment for an infantry battalion. The barracks and officers' quarters were arranged around a parade field ringed by royal palms. The first unit stationed at the new post was the 2d Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment. Fort Shafter gradually spread out from Palm Circle.
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 ...
Fort Shafter, Hawaii: Appointer: The President with Senate advice and consent: Term length: 2–3 years (approx.) Formation: 1910 (as Commander, Military District of Hawaii) 1990 (as Commanding General, U.S Army Pacific) First holder: Walter S. Schuyler (as Commander, Military District of Hawaii) Claude M. Kicklighter (as Commanding General, U ...
Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) is a major United States Department of Defense medical facility administered by the United States Army in the state of Hawaii.It is the tertiary care hospital in the Pacific Rim, serving local active and retired military personnel along with residents of nine U.S. jurisdictions and forces deployed in more than 40 other countries in the region. [1]
311th Signal Command Theater is the designated signal command for the Army Service Component Commands within the Pacific and Korean theaters. The staff of 311th Signal Command consists of more than 3000 active-duty soldiers, U.S. Army Reserve soldiers and Army civilians.
6th Supply & Transportation Battalion, Fort Wainwright; 706th Maintenance Battalion, Fort Richardson; 431st Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Army Reserve) [10] 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, North Dakota (North Dakota Army National Guard) [14] [15] 6th Engineer Battalion, Fort ...
Based at Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii, the 100th Battalion continues the legacy of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, officially designated as 100th Battalion/442nd Infantry Regiment. The 100th Battalion/442nd Infantry Regiment has maintained an alignment with the active 25th Infantry Division since a reorganization in 1972 .