Veterans Near End Of Fight To Return Barbers Point Memorial To West Oahu - Honolulu Civil Beat
Veterans Near End Of Fight To Return Barbers Point Memorial To West Oahu
The AMVETS committee overseeing the effort hopes to have the memorial ready for the 79th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Reading time: 6 minutes.
When a forklift unexpectedly removed a memorial for a World War II-era military base in West Oahu in 2018, including a mockup of a P-3 Orion, many residents and veterans were outraged.
Three years later, the Naval Air Station Barbers Point memorial is finally being returned to a new site at the Kalaeloa Airport in Kapolei, which used to be part of the base.