Ewa Battlefield Memorial Day Commemoration


Ewa Field, will become a National Landmark and become part of the WW-II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

For widest dissemination,
AmVets Hawaii Commander, Donovan A. Lazarus would like your help to spread the word… ‘We need an all-hands-on-deck effort to rally our military and civilian communities in and around Ewa Beach, in order to build our Ewa Battlefield Museum to preserve the memories of fallen Marines, Army and Navy service members and civilians killed or wounded at Ewa Battlefield during the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor on December 7, 1941.’

Get involved! Send inquiries to ewafield@amvets-hawaii.org

Ewa Historian John Bond Email Updates:

7 May 2016

Aloha,

We will have a May 30 Memorial Day Commemoration at Ewa Field at 10 AM. That is a federal holiday. National Flag will be at half-staff. The expectation is that the Ewa Battlefield will be on the National Register by this coming Memorial Day. The entire 1941 MAG 21 airfield will become a federally recognized American National Battlefield.

The Memorial Day event will commemorate the Marines, Army and Navy service members and civilians killed or wounded during and after the West Oahu Ewa Battlefield of December 1941.

We expect to have some flyovers by a variety of WW-II and vintage aircraft plus maybe some other surprise fly overs.

These were the first US Marines to die in combat in 1941 and it was also Ewa Marine aviators who fought and died at Wake Island that most today forget. Capt. Hank Elrod fought as a pilot and died as an infantry officer at Wake, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor- the first in the Pacific War.

We expect this US Marine Corps battlefield – the entire 1941 Ewa Field, will become a National Landmark and become part of the WW-II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.

Event coordination is through Save Ewa Field – Kanehili Hui. We expect to have a much larger annual commemoration on December 6, 2016 as part of the 75th Pearl Harbor anniversary.

John Bond
Ewa Battlefield Memorial Day Commemoration

5 May 2016

Aloha,

We would certainly welcome the Boy Scouts to learn about Ewa Field history and experience a once in a lifetime National American Battlefield nomination to the NPS National Register as well as honor those Marines, soldiers and Navy aviators who died in air and ground engagements around Ewa Field in the opening minutes of the Pacific War.

These were the first US Marines to die in combat in 1941 and it was also Ewa Marine aviators who fought and died at Wake Island that everyone today forgets. Capt. Hank Elrod fought as a pilot and died as an infantry officer at Wake, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor- the first in the Pacific War.

We expect to have some flyovers by a wide variety of WW-II and vintage aircraft plus maybe some more surprise fly overs.

We expect this US Marine Corps battlefield – the entire 1941 Ewa Field, will become a National Landmark and become part of the WW-II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.

John Bond
Ewa Battlefield Memorial Day Commemoration

Aloha All,

We are planning to have a May 30 Memorial Day Commemoration at Ewa Field at 10 AM. That is a federal holiday. National Flag will be raised half-staff. The expectation is that the Ewa Battlefield will be on the National Register by this coming Memorial Day.

This will commemorate the Marines, Army and Navy service members and civilians killed or wounded during and after the Ewa Battlefield of December 7, 1941.

We already have event insurance, notification to Hunt Corp for access and pledges of financial support from veterans and museum organizations nationwide.

Event coordination will be through Save Ewa Field – Kanehili Cultural Hui. We expect to have a much larger annual commemoration on December 6, 2016 as part of the 75th Pearl Harbor anniversary.

John Bond

Ewa Historian

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