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Fort DeRussy Beach, 1959. The U.S. Army Museum of Hawaiʻi is housed inside Battery Randolph, a former coastal artillery battery. Battery Randolph was constructed in 1911 to defend Honolulu Harbor on Oahu from attack, and was equipped with two 14-inch guns on disappearing carriages, with a range of about 40,000 yards (37 km). [6]
Its mission is to support the US Army Museum of Hawai’i. Admission is free, and the museum is open most Tuesdays, not following a Monday holiday, through Saturday. [ 2 ] It is located on Kalia Road, coordinates 21°16′44″N 157°50′1″W / 21.27889°N 157.83361°W / 21.27889; -157.83361 adjacent to the Hale Koa
On August 12, 1898 National Guard of Hawaii was converted into the Hawaii National Guard. In 1938 members of the 2nd BN, 299 INF RGT of the Hawaii National Guard unit in Hilo aided striking workers against government authorities during the protest that became known as the Hilo Massacre. In 1940, with the 298th INF RGT and 299th INF RGT of the ...
The U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii on Friday re-inducted two local war heroes into its Gallery of Heroes as Medal of Honor recipients. In 2022 Spc. 5th Class Dennis M. Fujii received the award for his ...
The Hawaii National Guard consists of the Hawaii Army National Guard and the Hawaii Air National Guard. [1] The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions.
The 299th Cavalry Regiment, formerly the 299th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Koa Squadron", [citation needed] is a unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard. It was established in 1923 from the old 2nd Hawaiian Infantry Regiment, and it served during World War II as part of the 24th Infantry Division. The name "Koa" comes from the Hawaiian ...
U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD / JUNE 7 Army Sgt. Ratu Komaisavai, a sniper assigned to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, Echo Company, role-playing as opposing forces, fires blank ...
In World War II, the then-primarily Nisei battalion was composed largely of former members of the Hawaii Army National Guard and trained at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin from June 1942 to January 1943.The 100th Infantry Battalion went to Camp Shelby, Mississippi in January 1943 for advanced training and left for overseas in August 1943.