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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JLG_40-mm-quad-gun-assembly_Aiea-HI.html
This gun assembly consists of four recoil-operated, heavy machine guns, designed primarily for anti-aircraft fire. Each gun had a firing rate of 120 rounds per minute and fired a two lb. projectile. It had a maximum horizontal range of about 33,00…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JLF_kaiten_Aiea-HI.html
One man Japanese suicide torpedo. First used in 1944.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JLE_mark-14-steam-driven-torpedo_Honolulu-HI.html
This was the U.S. Navy's primary torpedo in WWII. When fired, compressed air, alcohol and water were mixed and ignited in the combustion chamber to produce the steam that powered the turbines. Weight-3,200 lbs.; Length-20.5 feet; Diameter-21 inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JLD_mark-37-electric-torpedo_Honolulu-HI.html
This high-performance, submarine-launched weapon is considered to be the first successful torpedo developed for use against other submarines. The Mark 37 was designed to swim out of a 21-inch torpedo tube, to which it remained attached by a length…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JLC_u-s-s-bowfin-ss287_Honolulu-HI.html
Step aboard and dive into submarine history onboard USS Bowfin (SS-287). A restored World War II submarine nick-named the "Pearl Harbor Avenger". Launched December 7, 1942, she made 9 successful war patrols in the Pacific, sinking 44 enemy ships.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKV_u-s-medium-tank_Schofield-Barracks-HI.html
In the spring of 1951, units of the 25th Infantry Division crossed the Han River to liberate the City of Seoul. One of the units that took part in this operation was C Company, 89th Tank Battalion. In preparation for their assault across the Han, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKU_major-general-john-m-schofield_Schofield-Barracks-HI.html
The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment-on the contrary-such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instructi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIR_mahiole_Honolulu-HI.html
Ancient Hawaii was governed by a sharply defined caste system. The kings were the highest authority. Chiefs, or Alii, ruled over sections of the land at the pleasure of the kings. At times there was a king for each of the major islands in the Hawa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EPF_iolani-palace_Honolulu-HI.html
'Iolani Palace is a living restoration of the offical royal residence for the Kalakaua Dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Hawai'i from 1874 to 1893. King Kalakaua, who resigned for 17 years, built the palace in 1882 as a symbol of Hawaii's civilize…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EPE_reverend-james-kekela_Honolulu-HI.html
Born in 1824 at Mokuleia OahuEducated by James Hunnewell at Lahainaluna First Hawaiian Christian MinisterOrdained at Kahuku December 21 1849 In 1853 he went as a pioneer missionary to the Marquesas Islands where for 49 yearshe exercised a re…
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