Aloha!

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-30-08_SOI_K_NPS_Arizona] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, [for tours, discussions with local officials] [48-DPA-09-30-08_SOI_K_NPS_Arizona_DOI_0973.JPG]

A member of the supply department of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) checks plastic storage of trash in preparation for off loading as the ship prepares for arrival in Hawaii. The Navy does not dump trash at sea but returns it to shore for proper disposal

Ceremony for Elvis, Micky, and the crew while filming "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" (1966)

Hawaii - Hilo

Port bow view of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) DURANCE CLASS: Underway Replenishment Tanker, Her Majestys Australian Ship (HMAS) SUCCESS (OR 304), underway in the Pacific Ocean, during a Replenishment At Sea (RAS), conducted in support of Exercise RIMPAC 2004. The US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship, USS TARAWA (LAH 1) is underway in the background. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise conducted in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands, and is designed to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region

Honolulu Air Terminal, Hawaii, 1976

First Communion class at St. Anthony's, Kalihi, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1942

Ceremony for Elvis, Micky, and the crew while filming "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" (1966)

Hawaii - Ewa

The Traveler Tree Palm of the Hawaiian Islands

A rainbow provides the backdrop to the superstructure of the USS MISSOURI (BB-63) while the battleship is underway with other ships of its battle group during exercise RIMPAC '90 near Hawaii. Three of the vessel's Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns can be seen in the foreground