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Here's a Feb. 4, 1926 dated 11th Photo Sec., shoreline photo of the Elks Club, Waikiki Beach. Look at how clear the water is...

 

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Luke Field Post Exchange (1924).

 

 

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A sizeable number of aircraft on the line. (1924)

 

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Closer...

 

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Unknown Pilot, Luke Field...

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Army Air Corps Marching Band, Luke Field.

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for adding your photos Rusty,

 

Members, feel free to add your own Luke Field photos & items to the topic.

 

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Same road (now Kunia Road which runs from Pearl City to Wheeler/Schofield Barracks) 1920 & 1924

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On 4/12/2017 at 5:58 PM, rustywings said:

Jumping ahead a few years, here's a 1925 Luke Field hanger dance invite prepared by the US Army Air Corps 11th Photo Section.

 

The men who took the aerial photographs

11th Photographic Section (75th Service Squadron) Luke Field (later at Wheeler Field as part of the 18th Composite Wing)

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Much more on the link below

Starts at post #18 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/225095-thanksgiving-day-menus-post-your-own-here/

 

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On 4/13/2017 at 5:43 AM, rustywings said:

Honolulu Harbor. (These piers might be depicted from the air in frame #16 above?)

 

 

Yes Indeed, those are the Steamship piers at Aloha Tower (Old Customs House)

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Here's a Feb. 4, 1926 dated 11th Photo Sec., shoreline photo of the Elks Club, Waikiki Beach. Look at how clear the water is...

 

 

Nice photo of the Elks Club Rusty, it was demolished in 1959. For those familiar with Waikiki, it was at the Diamond Head end, adjacent to Kapiolani Park, the Bandshell, and the Honolulu Zoo, close to the Natatorium (WWI Memorial)

 

Magazine article with Photos http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Urban-Archaeology/April-2010/The-Old-Elks-Club/

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Nice photo of the Elks Club Rusty, it was demolished in 1959. For those familiar with Waikiki, it was at the Diamond Head end, adjacent to Kapiolani Park, the Bandshell, and the Honolulu Zoo, close to the Natatorium (WWI Memorial)

 

Magazine article with Photos http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Urban-Archaeology/April-2010/The-Old-Elks-Club/

 

Thank you for the excellent follow-up article on the Elks Club! I guess the value of the land superseded the desire to save that beautiful and iconic home...

 

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I have several photographs in this album depicting a combined Army/Navy formal ceremony taking place in front of a Luke Field hanger. Unfortunately, these images are not dated and have no caption info. Since all of the other photos are from the 1924 to 1926 time period, I assume this ceremony occurred sometime during that same period? Are the two Asian dignitaries part of a Japanese envoy? I have more questions than answers...

 

 

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Closer:

 

 

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Closer:

 

 

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Rusty,

 

Although Ford Island was turned over to the Air Service (until Wheeler Field and then Hickam Field were established in 1940) the Navy still had their seaplane squadrons based there too.

 

See my post #2 - Navy Seaplane in Hangar 17

 

Military courtesy dictated that the services routinely invited their counterparts to any ceremonies or dignitary visits to the Luke/Ford airfield.

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On 4/15/2017 at 7:59 AM, rustywings said:

Closer:

 

 

 

This is either General Summerall or General Menoher, CG of the Hawaiian Division standing beside the Air Service CO. Difficult to say as they resemble each other but someone will track down the awards to confirm the identity.

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General Charles Summerall, next Chief of Staff U.S. Army

 

8 min National Archives film (nice 1920's ROTC patches too during the reviews)

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On 4/15/2017 at 8:31 AM, Salvage Sailor said:

General Charles Summerall, next Chief of Staff U.S. Army

 

8 min National Archives film (nice 1920's ROTC patches too during the reviews)

 

Terrific! Thank you for the identification...

 

Here's one more image of that same ceremony.

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Luke Field T.H. (Ford Island) Thanksgiving Dance November 29th, 1933 - Hawaiian Division 5th Composite Group and attached Air corps units (Hawaiian Air Force)

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Super photos thanks for displaying them! I would be 97% sure the two asian men are Japanese. I spent 3 of my early teen years on Hickam 1950 - 53. Always loved the Islands and planning one last trip there soon.

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More from Luke Field 1920's

 

Ground crew playing Aeroplane on a childs' tri-cycle

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Soldiers of the Air at Luke Field

Chaplain's Bulletin No. 1, March 1936 by Lieutenant Colonel Milton O. Beebe, Division Chaplain USA (HD)

 

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Soldiers of the Air at Luke Field - Chaplain's Bulletin No. 1, March 1936

 

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Soldiers of the Air at Luke Field - Chaplain's Bulletin No. 1, March 1936

 

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Soldiers of the Air at Luke Field - Chaplain's Bulletin No. 1, March 1936

 

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Soldiers of the Air at Luke Field - Chaplain's Bulletin No. 1, March 1936

 

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Soldiers of the Air at Luke Field - Chaplain's Bulletin No. 1, March 1936 by Lieutenant Colonel Milton O. Beebe, Division Chaplain USA (HD)

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Soldiers of the Air at Luke Field - Chaplain's Bulletin No. 1, March 1936

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Wonderful photos! I was lucky enough to spend my early just pre-teens in Honolulu and Hickam 1950-53. Great fun was searching the many bunkers and trashed building from WW2 between Hickam and John Rogers Field!

I was able to visit the Islands many times in my flying career and still a magic place!

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