PFC Jack W. Parker at Mokapu Beach, NAS Kaneohe Bay, 1940
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Photograph of PFC Jack W. Parker seated on volcanic rocks at Mokapu Beach, on the peninsula on the eastern side of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, then part of Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay. Shirtless and wearing swim trunks, he is shown mid-torso, smiling, with breaking surf and open ocean in the background. 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.