Waiawa Military Reservation (Army)

[Kaneoheboy]

Anyone have information as to what the upper Waiawa Military Reservation was used for by the Army in WWII? The site is now the "Waiawa Correctional Facility" run by state corrections.

 

Also, any idea what the storage bunkers were used for that are located near the Waiawa Stream?

 

Any help, photos, etc. will be appreciated.

 

Kaneoheboy

[espeed]

 

Not sure if this picture is of the Waiawa facility, but my dad told me of Waiawa and of Schofield Barracks

when his division was transported over to Hawaii following their successful invasion of Attu and Kiska

in the Alaskan Aluetian chain. This was taken in late '43.He was attached to to the 7th Division, 17th Infantry.

They used alot of the facilities at Waiawa for storage of their equipment and they practiced amphibious landings

on I believe either Kuai or Maui due to it's familiarity and shape to the island of Kwajalein, which his division landed on in

early '44. He told me they used to take the train from Waiawa to downtown Honolulu for 2 day passes. After the landings

on Kwajalein and Eniwetok, the 7th Division came back to Hawaii, and on 27 July 1944, President Roosevelt

reviewed the troops and the facilities at Schofield and Waiawa. My dad is second from the left in the enclosed pix.

Hope this helps.

[Kaneoheboy]

Thanks espeed, any bit of information helps. If you have additional pictures of Waiawa, I would like to see them.

 

Kaneoheboy

[Guest eddie reno]

when i lived there in 69 & 70 it was housing for us that were to open the alternate command post make it operational. there was a barracks but it wasn’t in use. we had a theater and px. i don’t remember any storage bunkers unless you are referring to the alternate command post, the huge tunnel just west of the housing.