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30.06 Cartridge Found at Hawaiian Site


Edelweisse

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Hi Folks:  While vacationing in Hawaii….we visited a Hawaiian site on the west shore and while we sat and watched the sun go down….my daughter discovered a rifle cartridge.  I noticed that it was a 30.06 and I found “32” and an “F”.  When we got back to our rental, I soaked the round in vinegar and cleaned the cartridge and found “FA” for Frankfort Arsenal and “32”….why would that cartridge be there?  Ceremony??? WWII event?

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Salvage Sailor
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Constant small arms gunnery exercises on the Westside of Oahu in the 1920's - 1930's.  The Companies would encamp at Haleiwa, Nanakuli, Waianae, Makaha, etc., and blast away at targets off of the shoreline.

 

Photos from my Pineapple Army collection from various units:

 

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WOW……thank you for this info ….we’ve heard about this side of the island being used as a training range….but seeing the pictures…says a lot.  Thank you!  

  • 2 years later...
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Found a US carbine shell dated “43” on another western shore beach on Oahu

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2 hours ago, Edelweisse said:

Found a US carbine shell dated “43” on another western shore beach on Oahu

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Neat find! Is it being held by octopus tentacles? 😁
mikie

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Cute….but it is being held between beach shoes…since I am in Hawaii right now.

Salvage Sailor
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8th Field Artillery, Battery C, Waianae Range 1935 & 1936

 

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When back. To the same beach with my new metal detector…and found some coins (1990s thru present). and also three (3) more spent carbine rounds in the same area.

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I was stationed in Hawaii in the 70's . We were camping out on beach and dug a hole for fire pit and dug up the remains of a case of 30-06 ammo in bandoliers and clips

Rusty and crumbling ,but thank goodness we didn't build fire on top of it.

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Fascinating post. Love the pre-war photos. Never hear much about the military presence in Hawaii prior to Pearl Harbor. 

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One of those cartridge casings could have come out of this old red stripe Denver Ordnance crate shipped the the Naval Depot  on Oahu. IMG_3623.jpeg.da9d2965d6dc2a70445d295a5cced9c1.jpeg

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Salvage Sailor
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US Naval Ammunition Depot Oahu, Territory of Hawaii (NAD OAHU TH)

 

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  • 1 month later...
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My wife's grandfather was in the Navy during and for a short while after WW2. He of course was a child of the depression era, so it pained him greatly to help dump entire pallets of shotgun ammo overboard  "somewhere between California and Alaska".  

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