Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.12.2019
We awaited the word to proceed over Shizuoka. With the go ahead, the engine noise was interrupted by the sounds of bombs exploding on the earth below. One by one the B-29s dropped bombs over the city, more than 13,000. As we executed our mission, there was a mishap. My bomber and another collided, falling from the air to the recently bombed ground below....
Story by Kristen Wong | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 12.14.2018
Guests and visitors gathered near the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument Dec. 6, to honor the military with a bell-ringing ceremony....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Melvin J Gonzalvo | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.07.2018
Pearl Harbor survivors, family members and friends gathered at the USS Oklahoma Memorial on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, to honor fallen service members December 7....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Pacheco | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.06.2018
As the sun slowly lowered toward the horizon, service members, veterans, friends and family came together at the USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony, held annually on historic Ford Island, to honor the loss of the USS Utah (BB-31/AG-16) and 58 of her crew still entombed aboard the sunken vessel....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar | 15th Wing | 12.11.2017
When the Japanese attacked Hickam Field on Sunday, December 7, 1941, over 189 people lost their lives. One in particular was a young chaplain’s assistant who was setting up for the morning service. Seventy-six years later, a small group gathered in the Courtyard of Heroes for a remembrance service and Catholic Mass in honor of U.S. Army Air Corps Pfc. Joseph Nelles Dec. 10....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Rebecca Ives | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.08.2017
U.S. and Japanese citizens gathered together on Ford Island to honor the lives lost at Pearl Harbor and to recognize the U.S.-Japanese alliance as part of the 76th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 8....
Courtesy Story | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.07.2017
Story by Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jonathan Stremel Chief Boatswain’s Mate Joseph George was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star with Valor during a ceremony aboard the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Somers Steelman | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.07.2017
PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2016) – Veterans, active duty service members and their families gathered at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center to honor the 76th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor during a Commemoration Ceremony, Dec. 7....
