The June 18th Honolulu Advertiser reports that today, the Ewa Marine Corps Air Station on Kalaeloa is overgrown with runways covered, foundations cracked, and only a quonset hut and one other building standing.
Dozens of arched concrete revetments, once used for aircraft, remain, some used as horse stables.
Up to 24 Japanese zeroes attacked the site on December 7, 1941.
John Bond has started a one-man campaign to preserve it from development.
It was used as an airship mooring station in the mid-1920s and the famous dogfight with George Welch and Ken Taylor took place over Ewa. During the attack, almost 50 US aircraft were destroyed or damaged on the ground during three waves of attacks. Four Marines were killed.
Here's Hoping for Success to John Bond. --Cooter
President Roosevelt, MacArthur, and Admiral Nimitz visited in 1944.
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