32 items in this album on 2 pages.

The American flag, battered and torn, flying at the Hickam Field barracks during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. This was one of the most published wartime flag photos until Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima photo.Wreck of B-17C bomber at Hickam Field, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Photo 1 of 2.Wreck of B-17C bomber at Hickam Field, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Photo 2 of 2.Lieutenant General Delos Emmons decorating an enlisted man for actions performed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Hickam Field, 23 Dec 1941. Major General Clarence Tinker looking on.
The American flag, battered and torn, flying at the Hickam Field barracks during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. This was one of the most published wartime flag photos until Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima photo.Wreck of B-17C bomber at Hickam Field, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Photo 1 of 2.Wreck of B-17C bomber at Hickam Field, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Photo 2 of 2.Lieutenant General Delos Emmons decorating an enlisted man for actions performed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Hickam Field, 23 Dec 1941. Major General Clarence Tinker looking on.
A message from USAAF Major General Clarence Tinker, commanding officer of air forces in Hawaii Islands, to his men at Hickam Field, late 1941 or early 1942US Army Signal Corps personnel, Hickam Field, US Territory of Hawaii, 1942Brigadier General Clarence Tinker and Colonel Willis Hale being sworn into their new, next higher ranks by Colonel Cheney Bertholf, Adjutant General of the 7th Air Force, Hickam Field, 21 Jan 1942.Wounded from Battle of Midway being offloaded from a C-53 variant of C-47 aircraft at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Jun 1942; note Jeep and WC-9 ambulance
A message from USAAF Major General Clarence Tinker, commanding officer of air forces in Hawaii Islands, to his men at Hickam Field, late 1941 or early 1942US Army Signal Corps personnel, Hickam Field, US Territory of Hawaii, 1942Brigadier General Clarence Tinker and Colonel Willis Hale being sworn into their new, next higher ranks by Colonel Cheney Bertholf, Adjutant General of the 7th Air Force, Hickam Field, 21 Jan 1942.Wounded from Battle of Midway being offloaded from a C-53 variant of C-47 aircraft at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Jun 1942; note Jeep and WC-9 ambulance
P-51D Mustang fighter at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945, photo 1 of 2P-51D Mustang fighter at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945, photo 2 of 2Ford Island, Pearl Harbor shipyard, Hickam Field, and Honolulu Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, Feb 1945 (NAS Honolulu would later revert back to John Rodgers Airport and then become Honolulu Int’l Airport).Captured MXY7 Ohka aircraft on display at Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 18 Jun 1945.
P-51D Mustang fighter at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945, photo 1 of 2P-51D Mustang fighter at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945, photo 2 of 2Ford Island, Pearl Harbor shipyard, Hickam Field, and Honolulu Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, Feb 1945 (NAS Honolulu would later revert back to John Rodgers Airport and then become Honolulu Int’l Airport).Captured MXY7 Ohka aircraft on display at Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 18 Jun 1945.

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