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Black and white photograph of a beach landscape in O’ahu. The foreground shows a flat beach with compacted sand and a curved shoreline, starting near the bottom left corner and circling back to the left center edge. Along the middle of the image, a tall tree line extends to the right side, creating a border to the beach. In the background, a large, undulating piece of land rises high into the sky, taking up almost the entirety of the photograph.

Curved Beach in O'ahu

Reverse side of a photograph, typewriting reads,

Back of "Curved Beach in O'ahu"

A black and white image of a girl standing on the stairs of the King Kamehameha statue in Oahu. The statue takes up most of the image. King Kamehameha is carved standing on a stone pedestal. Kamehameha is adorned with a mahiole, ʻahuʻula, and malo. He is also wearing sandals. He is holding a spear in his left hand and has his right-hand extended outwards in an aloha greeting. Towards the bottom of the pillar there are two bronze plaques that depict scenes from Kamehameha’s life. The girl is pictured standing below the two bronze plaques on the stairs surrounding the statue. She is wearing a long sleeve dress. Her body is turned towards the right side of the image and is looking down. On the far-right side of the image a portion of Ali'iōlani Hale is visible.

Child in front of King Kamehameha I Statue in Oahu

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Burton, James_Z39_WAPA-246_WAPA 4170_OralHist_Audio_public.mp3

Burton, James_Z39_WAPA-246_WAPA 4170_OralHist_Audio_transcript.pdf. James G. Burton was on a job for an oil company in Texas on December 7th, 1941. When he returned to headquarters all the radios were discussing the attack on Pearl Harbor. He had already signed up for the draft and was informed that his call-up would be in six months. At Fort Leonard Wood he was placed in the officer candidate school and had basic training for about six weeks. He was transferred to Fort Belvoir Officers Training School in Virginia. In late 1942, after six months of training, he graduated as a second lieutenant and was assigned to the 854th Combat Engineers at Dyersburg, Tennessee. After three months in Dyersburg he was transferred to the 1899th Engineer Aviation Battalion at MacDill Field in Tampa, Florida.
The battalion was all black troops and all white officers. They spent six weeks in Tampa and then went to Avon Park, Florida, for contingent training. They built bridges, roads, and small buildings and trained in the use of heavy construction equipment. Then they went overseas, stopping at Wheeler Field in Oahu for six weeks and loading equipment to take to Guam.

When the island was declared secure, they unloaded in the harbor at Agana. They knew there were still Japanese on the island and the guards took their duty seriously, but they had a nervous first few nights. They set up camp and set about doing their assignments. Their battalion built part of a north-south island road from Agana to North West Field. They cleared jungle and built bomb storage houses, one of which was blown up by a Japanese time bomb.

The battalion cleared an area of about 50 acres between their headquarters and the bomb storage area to make space available for incoming air force personnel. Mack describes the air force as prima donna-like, wanting everything fully set up before they arrived, although the battalion’s assignment was to clear and level land and build latrines. One of the air force colonels also got very angry when the battalion set off a dynamite charge to clear coral without notifying him. He reported Mack to the general in charge of air force personnel, and Mack spent the day in the semi-court marshal procedure before being cleared.

The battalion built and operated an asphalt plant. They were all ignorant of the construction of an asphalt plant, so it took extra time to construct it and produce asphalt that was up to specifications. The battalion topped 12 to 15 miles of the main road between North West Field and Agana as well as an airstrip.

A few weeks after the war ended, Mack was sent back to the U.S. After arriving at Fort Smith, Arkansas, he was discharged.

Burton, James_Z39_WAPA-246_WAPA 4170_OralHist_Audio_transcript.pdf

A black and white image of a woman and girl sitting on the front lawn of ʻIolani Palace. The woman and child are pictured in the foreground of the image. The woman is wearing a wide brimmed hat and a long-sleeved dress. She is looking towards the camera. To the left of her is the girl. She is wearing a hat and a short-sleeved dress. Her knees are raised slightly with her arms in front of her face pulling her hat over her eyes. In the background there are palm trees and the front of ʻIolani Palace. The palace is a two-story structure in the American Florentine style. It is built out of brick with four corner towers and two center towers with a lanai on both levels. Along the bottom edge of the photo,

A Woman and Child in the Front of ʻIolani Palace

A black and white image of the Laie Hawaiʻi Temple front facade and lawn in Oʻahu. The temple is shaped like a cross with the center of the temple taller than the rest. At the top of the center part of the temple there is a carved panel. Below the panel are six square cut-outs followed by six columns of windows. The right and left side of the building has no windows. The temple is constructed out of concrete. Below the building there are several levels of sidewalk with concrete stairs leading up to the temple. There are planters along the edges of the walkways with palm plants. Along the edges of the front lawn there are palm trees.

The Front Facade and Lawn of Laie Hawaiʻi Temple

A black and white image of the Laie Hawaiʻi Temple front facade and lawn in Oʻahu. The temple is shaped like a cross with the center of the temple taller than the rest. At the top of the center part of the temple there is a carved panel. Below the panel are six square cut-outs followed by six columns of windows. The right and left side of the building has no windows. The temple is constructed out of concrete. Below the building there are several levels of sidewalk with concrete stairs leading up to the temple. There are planters along the edges of the walkways with palm plants. Along the edges of the front lawn there are palm trees.

The Front Facade and Lawn of Laie Hawaiʻi Temple

Waialua Fire Station.

Waialua Fire Station

Makiki Fire Station.

Makiki Fire Station

Kalihi Fire Station.

Kalihi Fire Station

Kakaako Fire Station.

Kakaako Fire Station

Oahu Railway and Land Company Right-of-Way.

Oahu Railway and Land Company Right-of-Way

Central Fire Station.

Central Fire Station

Kalihi Fire Station.

Kalihi Fire Station

Oahu Railway and Land Company Right-of-Way.

Oahu Railway and Land Company Right-of-Way

Kakaako Fire Station.

Kakaako Fire Station

Palama Fire Station.

Palama Fire Station

Makiki Fire Station.

Makiki Fire Station

Waialua Fire Station.

Waialua Fire Station

Kaimuki Fire Station.

Kaimuki Fire Station

Palama Fire Station.

Palama Fire Station

Central Fire Station.

Central Fire Station

Kaimuki Fire Station.

Kaimuki Fire Station

RTCA 2014 Hawai'i News. This brochure provides information about the current projects and recent successes.

RTCA 2014 Hawai'i News

A black and white image of crashing waves behind S.S. Matsonia as it departs Honolulu. The passenger ship is not visible in the image. In the foreground of the image, the crests of waves spewing out from the ship’s propeller are seen. In the background calmer waves of the Pacific Ocean are visible. Further out into the distance towards the top left side of the image a faint land mass is visible. Along the top edge of the image,

View of Ocean fron S.S. Matsonia Departing Honolulu

a Coahuiltecan Indian male

a Coahuiltecan Indian male

a Coahuiltecan Indian female

a Coahuiltecan Indian female

a Coahuiltecan Indian child

a Coahuiltecan Indian child