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Hawai`i Legal History: Military

A guide to materials that were formative in the legal history of Hawaii.

U.S. Military Installations

1817 Fort Elizabeth (Russian) was constructed n the east bank of the Waimea River overlooking Waimea Bay on Kauaʻi.

1898 Camp McKinley - US Army (O'ahu) - Established Aug. 16, 1898; Camp McKinley was set up in Kapi'olani Park, at the base of Diamond Head, next to Waikīkī.

1905 Fort DeRussy - US Army (O'ahu)

1906 Fort Ruger - US Army (O'ahu)

1907 Forts Schaffer & Armstrong - US Army (O'ahu)

1908 Schofield Barracks - US Army (O'ahu)

1913 Fort Kamehameha - US Army (O'ahu)

1933 Bellows Air Field - US Army (O'ahu)

1934 Lualualei Naval Magazine - US Navy (O'ahu)

1938 Hickham Air Field - US Army (O'ahu)

1939 Kāne'ohe Naval Air Station - US Navy (O'ahu)

1942 Barber's Point Naval Air Station - US Navy (O'ahu)