by superadmin | Jun 18, 2020 | Hawaii, museum, reopening, submarine, wwii
Health and Safety TipsUSS Bowfin Submarine Museum & ParkThe World War II submarine, USS Bowfin, will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The Gift Shop will be open, but food service and some concessions will remain closed. These will reopen as visitation...
by superadmin | Jun 8, 2020 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, Army, Hawaii, history, wwii
DA Poster 21-91 France, October 1944.The phrase “Go for broke” was the combat team’s motto meaning, “wager everything,” in Hawaiian Pidgin. The 442nd RCT was a regimental size fighting unit composed mainly of American soldiers of Japanese descent who...
by superadmin | Jun 8, 2020 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, history, submarine, wwii
USS Skate’s Chicken MascotDuring WWII, many submarines carried dogs or cats as mascots.Dogs could serve a practical function, leading patrols onto foreign shores to search for food and barking a warning if there was danger. Cats have served as pest control on...
by superadmin | May 12, 2020 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, Code Talkers, history, Navajo, wwii
First 29 Navajo U.S. Marine Corps code-talker recruits being sworn in at Fort Wingate, NM, in 1942. (Photo courtesy of National Archives 295175)The idea to use native code talkers came from the son of a missionary to the Navajos, Philip Johnston. Raised on a Navajo...
by superadmin | May 5, 2020 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, history, VE Day, wwii
Crowd gathers in Times Square to celebrate Victory in Europe Day. CorbisOn May 8, 1945 in 1945 the US celebrated President Harry S. Truman’s 61st birthday. Thousands crowded into New York’s Times Square with news of Germany’s surrender while other celebrations of V-E...
by superadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, Artifacts, history, submarine, uss bowfin, wwii
Various Artifacts Left Aboard USS Bowfin During Bowfin’s long service between 1942 and 1971 lots of items were mistakenly left on board, some stowed so well that we still find them today. A few of the most notable objects found are: an old “Welcome Aboard” pamphlet,...
