Mokapu Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
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A view along a rocky volcanic shoreline looking toward a distant headland across calm water, likely taken during the same beach outing as the surrounding photographs in this set. 1940.
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This photograph is from the personal collection of photographs taken by CPL William Stinson Brown while stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before the infamous attack of 7 December 1941. CPL Brown was there during the attack. These unique photographs were donated to the COGG Honor Archive for public use of students, writers and researchers of history. The generous donation was from CPL William S Brown’s, son, William Stinson “Bill” Brown Jr. and his loving granddaughter Caitlin Brown Clancy. Note for researchers: this item’s title, as given, matches “Mokapu Beach,” the sandy peninsula on the east side of Kāne’ohe Bay that was then part of Naval Air Station Kāne’ohe Bay (see “PFC Jack W. Parker at Mokapu Beach, NAS Kaneohe Bay, 1940” elsewhere in this collection). However, this photograph sits in a sequence of otherwise southeast Oahu subjects — Rabbit Island, the Hālona Blowhole, and Hanauma Bay — making it possible the intended location is instead Makapu’u, the point and beach near Rabbit Island (compare “PVT James R. ‘Jim’ Van Hekken and PVT William Stinson Brown at Mokapu’u Beach, Oahu” elsewhere in this collection, which uses that spelling). Researchers should treat the exact location as unconfirmed pending review of the original print.