Moanalua is a valley, a stream, an ahupuaʻa , and a residential neighborhood in Honolulu , Hawaiʻi . The valley extends inland from behind Āliapaʻakai crater ( Salt Lake ) to the crest of the Koʻolau Range .
14-540: Neighboring areas include Māpunapuna and Salt Lake on the south, Fort Shafter on the east, and Red Hill and Hālawa Valley on the west. Moanalua is a part of the 15th District of the Hawaii Senate , currently represented by State Senator Glenn Wakai. It is also a part of the 32nd District of the Hawaii House of Representatives , currently represented by Linda Ichiyama . The Moanalua neighborhood includes
28-614: A gift to the public from Damon and maintained by a trust since his death in 1924. It was one of Hawaiʻi's earliest public parks although has remained privately owned. Fort Shafter Fort Shafter is a census-designated place located in the City and County of Honolulu , Hawai‘i . It is the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific , which commands most Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region with
42-404: A portion that extends up Ala Aolani Street into the valley 21°22′0″N 157°53′36″W / 21.36667°N 157.89333°W / 21.36667; -157.89333 , and another part that extends eastward along the lower slopes of the interfluve (slopes between valleys) to Fort Shafter and into the small valley of Manaiki Stream. The latter part includes Tripler Army Medical Center above
56-534: Is also known as Palm Circle or 100 Area . Fort Shafter is the oldest military base on Oahu and celebrated its 100th birthday on 22 June 2007. Fort Shafter has been home to the senior Army headquarters in Hawaii for a century. Construction began in 1905 on the ahupua'a of Kahauiki, former Hawaiian crown lands that were ceded to the United States government after annexation. When the post opened in 1907, it
70-588: The Army Corps of Engineers erected the "Pineapple Pentagon" (buildings T-100, T-101, and T-102) in just 49 days. Two large fishponds were filled in to form Shafter Flats. For most of the time since the Second World War , Fort Shafter has remained the senior Army headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region. In 1947, the headquarters was renamed U.S. Army, Pacific. The post continued to adapt to meet
84-649: The Army conveyed to the State of Hawaii 750 acres (3.0 km ) of undeveloped land on the northern end of post. Today Fort Shafter remains the focal point for command, control, and support of Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region; it includes an underground command center beneath Palm Circle. Hawaii Department of Education operates public schools. As of 2016 zoned schools are Shafter Elementary School, Moanalua Middle School, and Moanalua High School . William Rufus Shafter Too Many Requests If you report this error to
98-435: The Army's evolving requirements. In the early 1960s it was split in two by the new Moanalua Freeway . In 1974, when the headquarters was eliminated, Fort Shafter became home to U.S. Army Support Command, Hawaii, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , Pacific Ocean Division (relocated from Fort Armstrong, (Hawaii) ). In 1979, the Army established U.S. Army Western Command, which was renamed U.S. Army, Pacific in 1990. In 1983,
112-591: The Hawaiian Department commander, Lieutenant General Walter C. Short , occupied Quarters 5. One soldier, Corporal Arthur A. Favreau, 64th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) , was killed on post by an errant Navy shell. Fort Shafter became a busy headquarters and the barracks on Palm Circle were converted to offices. The major headquarters was named successively U.S. Army Forces, Central Pacific Area (1943–44); U.S. Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (1944–45); and U.S. Army Forces, Middle Pacific (1945–47). In 1944,
126-564: The exception of Korea. Geographically, Fort Shafter extends up the interfluve (ridgeline) between Kalihi and Moanalua valleys, as well as onto the coastal plain (as Shafter Flats ) at Māpunapuna . A portion of the area is also known as the Palm Circle Historic District ; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been further designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark . It
140-607: The first trustees of the Kamehameha Schools established by the Bishops. The Damon estate sold much of Moanalua to commercial and residential developers in 1956. Moanalua Elementary School was established in the area in 1884. 1. Kamana Nui - Moanalua Gardens (S. M. Damon Estate) The Western tributary of Moana-lua Valley, O'ahu. Lit., large Ka-mana 2. Kamana Iki - The eastern and smaller tributary of Moana-lua Valley, O'ahu. Lit., small Ka-mana. 3. Wai-puka - Pools near
154-473: The highway intersection is today (the hospital moved to its present location in 1948). In 1914, a regimental-sized cantonment area was constructed (near Richardson Theater). The Hawaiian Ordnance Depot was built in 1917 as a separate post (near today's post exchange). In 1921, the Hawaiian Department moved to Fort Shafter from downtown Honolulu. Finally, a new area was constructed in 1940 for Signal Corps elements. War came to Fort Shafter on 7 December 1941, where
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#1732773032968168-601: The mouth of Ka-mana Iki Valley, Moana-lua, O'ahu, where chiefs bathed after games and wrestling. Lit., issuing water. Moanalua Gardens are inland from the Interstate H-201 which is known as the Moanalua Freeway, off Exit 3. One of its monkey pod trees is seen on Hitachi 's Japanese TV commercials, and is occasionally referred to as Hitachi no ki ( ja:日立の樹 , "Hitachi tree") in Japan. The gardens were
182-513: The neighborhood and Moanalua Gardens below it. Samuel Mills Damon inherited the ahupuaʻa (uplands-to-sea tract) of Moanalua in 1884 from Ke Aliʻi, Bernice Pauahi Bishop , whose husband Charles Reed Bishop was a business partner of Damon. Before her, since the lands were won in battle by Kamehameha I they passed from a number of figures, then to Prince Lot Kapuāiwa (who became King Kamehameha V ), and then to Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani after Kamehameha V's passing. Damon later became one of
196-476: Was named for Major General William Rufus Shafter (1835–1906), who led the United States expedition to Cuba in 1898. Palm Circle was laid out as a cantonment for an infantry battalion. The barracks and officers' quarters were arranged around a parade field ringed by royal palms . The first unit stationed at the new post was the 2d Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment . Fort Shafter gradually spread out from Palm Circle. Tripler General Hospital once stood where
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