Thursday, July 15, 2010

Pictures Wednesday 7/14



I forgot to upload this image originally. This is a model of the museum as the coastal gun emplacement as it was until the 1950s.



Lisa's fancy drink at the hotel bar.



View of Honolulu from the US Army museum.



US Chafee light tank outside the museum.



Japanese WWII light tank.



WAC on Hawaii during WWII.



US weapons, WWII.



Japanese weapons, WWII.



US soldier guarding Honolulu, WWII.



US Cavalry equipment from soldiers stationed at Schofield Barracks in the 1920s.



Model of a small disappearing 6" gun emplacement. This used to be next to the museum, but as destroyed in the 1970s by civilian contractors.



Model of the 14" disappearing gun that used to be at the coastal battery.



Gun emplacement.




Overhead shell movement system.



Thickness of the fort. Civilian wreckers tried to demolish the fort in the 1970s, but failed miserably and gave up. It then became the US Army museum.



Sign.



Main shell magazine display.



Shark tooth club, small.



Shark tooth club, large.



Fort's sump pump.



Barred windows of interior chamber.



Original early 20th century metal blast door, now an office.









Building schematic, showing it was not a jail, but a coastal defense emplacement.



Entrance to the museum.



Part of the museum to the right of the entrance.


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