Aiea

MapLat 21.4° N Long 157.9° W  Located to the north of Pearl Harbor.

Fort Shafter
Ft. Shafter / Aiea
Tel - 808-438-6996

Completed in 1907, Fort Shafter is the oldest U.S. Military base on Oahu and looks virtually identical to the way it looked on December 7, 1941. From 1921 through WWII, Fort Shafter served as an anti-aircraft artillery post and on December 7, 1941, the Coast Artillery batteries established gun positions on the parade ground and sustained the only known casualties at Fort Shafter.

Richardson Hall (Pineapple Pentagon)
US Army's Pacific Headquarters, affectionatly known as the 'Pineapple Pentagon' during WWII. The planning for the invasions of Okinawa and Japan were drafted at this location.

Lt. General Walter Short's House
The former residence of the general lived in the eight house on Palm Circle Drive. Short and Kimmel was later convicted of 'dereliction of duty' in a trial at Shafter after the attack.

Information Center
Located near Short's house is the site of the former information center, where the radar report of aproaching airplanes was recieved, and disregarded (assuming they were the scheduled delivery flight of B-17 from the west coast) on the morning of December 7, 1941.

  B-24J Serial Number 44-40332

  B24J Serial Number 42-100216

  B-24D Serial Number 41-23901

  B-24D Serial Number ??-??938

 

© 1997-2008 All rights reserved
Pacific Wreck Database
Pacific Wrecks Incorporated is a non-profit charity 501(c)(3)  Donate Now