Hawaii Museum Visit

I visited the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii Mission Statement located by Fort DeRussy in Waikiki. It is located in an old military building called Battery Randolph that was built to protect Honolulu Harbor in case of an attack. During my visit I mostly focused on Hawaii during WWII as well as Hawaii as rest and recreation during the Vietnam war. I decided to focus on World War II because this particular time interests me and is something I also have some prior knowledge of. I thought this would help me understand the exhibition better. Furthermore considering I went to high school in Germany most of my understanding is based on German history. I thought it would be a great opportunity to learn about this part of history from a alternative standpoint. The U.S. Army Museum emphasizes the history of U.S. Military in Hawaii and furthermore the contributions of Hawaii and its inhabitants during several wars. The museum is divided into separate rooms. Each of them introduced a different war and focused mostly on the history of the war and how they were executed. As a visual support …show more content…
December 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by Japanese airstrikes. These airstrikes were meticulously planned out by the Japanese and came as a complete surprise. Even though the attacks didn 't happen until December 7th the Japanese aircraft left November 26th, 1941. On the day of the attack U.S. radars had picked up a large group of planes heading towards Oahu. “Well, don 't worry about it.” Lieutenant Kermit Tyler said to dismissing the incoming planes the incoming planes. Nevertheless it is questionable if it would even have been possible to counter-fight the attacks on Pearl Harbor since for security reasons most American planes weren 't even loaded with ammunition or didn 't even work. These pictures of the airfields show how empty they were at the time of the