Photos Taken in Hawaii | World War II Database

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Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz presenting Admiral William Halsey with a gold star in lieu of a fourth award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal aboard USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, 28 Sep 1945.	Aerial view of Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii, showing its final configuration with four runways and numerous reinforced aircraft revetments, 1945.	Surplus US carrier aircraft stored for demobilization and prepared for scrapping, Iroquois Point, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct 1945	US Marine Private First Class Robert Murphy in Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945; he had been a prisoner of war since he was captured at Wake in 1941

Lewis Puller, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 1946	Aerial view of the Pearl Harbor repair basin with Ford Island beyond, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 16 to 23 Jan 1946	USS Bennington alongside Ford Island at Berth F-2 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 23 Jan 1946. Note her freshly painted peacetime white deck markings and camouflage paint on some of the Ford Island buildings.	Mugford at Pearl Harbor while being prepared for use as a target for the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests, 14 May 1946, photo 1 of 2

Mugford at Pearl Harbor while being prepared for use as a target for the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests, 14 May 1946, photo 2 of 2	Aerial view of a crowd gathered at the Iolani Palace grounds to welcome the return of the Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 Aug 1946	Crowd gathering at the Iolani Palace grounds to welcome returning Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 Aug 1946	Governor of Hawaii Ingram Stainback speaking to returning Japanese-American veterans of US 442nd Regimental combat Team from the steps of the Iolani Palace, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 Aug 194

Returning Japanese-American soldier of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team visiting the refreshments table set up by the USO at the Iolani Palace grounds, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 Aug 1946	Returning Japanese-American veterans of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team parading through the the Iolani Palace grounds, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 Aug 1946	US Army Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Pursall of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team addressing returning veterans at the Iolanni Palace, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 9 Aug 1946	Overhead view of Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct 1946

Cruiser USS Pasadena entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on a summer NROTC midshipmen’s cruise, 9 Aug 1948.	The Boat Dock and pier extending into Waimanalo Bay at Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii, Jul 29, 1949. The entire structure was removed in the late 1950s.	Grave site of Ernie Pyle, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 29 May 1950	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 29 May 1950