U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii
2131 Kalia Road
Waikiki HI 96815
Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii
Tel: +1 808-955-9552

The US Army Museum of Hawaii is located inside Battery Randolph at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki on Oahu in Hawaii.  In 1977, historian Warren Sessler worked to have the battery become a museum, and acquired two guns from a World War I memorial in Honolulu installed. The museum is dedicated to the roll the U.S. Army Hawaii from World War I to the Vietnam War.

105mm Howitzer M3
Displayed outdoors

M24 Chaffee Tank
Displayed outdoors at the museum

Type 95 Ha Go
Recovered from Makin, transported to Hawaii for technical evaluation

Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Gun
Displayed at the museum

U.S. Prefabricated Pill Box
Steel pillbox placed around Oahu to defend military installations. Once buried into position a two man crew entered through a culvert pipe opening at the base to operate a light machine gun in the revolving turret.

Japanese 127mm Gun
Postwar, this gun was transported to Hawaii.  In the middle 1970's it was then taken to the US Army Museum of Hawaii for display. Thanks to Warren Sessler for this information.

Monarchy Cannon
One of a battery of twelve guns emplaced at Punchbowl by the Hawaiian Monarchy in 1831 to defend Oahu and fire salutes. The gun was moved to the Bishop Museum in 1920 where it remained until 1988, then moved it to the museum.

Indoors Displays
Inside the gun battery are museum displays that cover the history of Fort DeRussy and the development of Battery Randolph. Also, the World War II history of Oahu. Other displays cover the U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team (442nd RCT) and role of Hawaii in the Korean War and Vietnam War. Plus, other displays and exhibits. A new exhibit is devoted to the life and career of U.S. Army General Eric Shinseki.

D3A1 Model 11 Val Manufacture Number 3133 (Wreckage with dataplate)
Piece of wreckage with a component dataplate with serial number 3196 displayed at the museum

D3A1 Model 11 Val (Left Tail Stabilizer)
Piece of wreckage with a component dataplate with serial number 3196 displayed at the museum

Type 92 70mm Battalion Gun Serial Number 213
Displayed inside the museum

Type 100 Sub Machine Gun Serial Number 7065
Displayed at the museum

Type 94 Light Machine Gun Serial Number 13014
Displayed at the museum

Knee Mortar
Two Japanese Army Knee Mortars are on display

Lewis Gun
Displayed at the museum

Type 94 pistol
Displayed at the museum

Type 14 pistol
Displayed at the museum

Type 26 revolver
Displayed at the museum

Type 92 7.7mm Machine Gun "Jukie"
Displayed with a mannequin a diorama depicting combat in China.