Fort Shafter
Honolulu, Hawaii
Richardson Hall at Fort Shafter, nicknamed the "Pineapple Pentagon"
Type	Army post
Built	1905-1907
In use	1907–Present
Controlled by	U.S. Army
Garrison	U. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. S. Army Pacific Command
Battles/wars	Attack on Pearl Harbor

Fort Shafter is in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, extending up the interfluve (ridgeline) between Kalihi and Moanalua valleys, as well as onto the coastal plain (as Shafter Flats) at Māpunapuna. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Moanalua is a valley a stream an ahupua{{okina}}a, and a residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawai{{okina}}i. Fort Shafter is the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific Command, the MACOM of U. S. Army forces in Asia and the Pacific Basin. The Pacific Rim refers to the countries and cities located around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Fort Shafter is also the oldest military base on Oahu and is celebrating its 100th year.

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. In old Hawai{{okina}}i, ahupuaa was the common subdivision of the land When the post opened in 1907, it was named for Major General William Rufus Shafter (1835-1906), who led the United States expedition to Cuba in 1898. William Rufus Shafter (October 16 1835 &ndash November 12 1906 was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration

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. Roystonea ( Royal Palm) is a Genus of 10 Species of Monoecious palms, native to tropical regions of Florida The 2d Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment was the first unit stationed at the new post. Palm Circle is a National Historic Landmark. A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the

Fort Shafter gradually spread out from Palm Circle. Tripler General Hospital once stood where the highway intersection is today (the hospital moved to its present location in 1948). Tripler Army Medical Center is the headquarters of the Pacific Regional Medical Command of the armed forces administered by the United States Army in the State of Hawaii 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.

Palm Circle; Tripler Army Medical Center is visible in the background

War came to Fort Shafter on 7 December 1941, where the Hawaiian Department commander, Lieutenant General Walter C. Short, occupied Quarters 5. Walter Campbell Short ( March 30, 1880 &ndash March 9, 1949) was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army and the U 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 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 next half century, 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 the Army's evolving requirements. In the early 1960s the new Moanalua Freeway split the post in two. Interstate H-201 ( H-201) is an auxiliary Interstate highway located on the island of O‘ahu in the U 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). In 1979 the Army established U. S. Army Western Command, which was renamed U. S. Army, Pacific in 1990. In 1983 the Army conveyed to the State of Hawaii 750 acres (3. 0 km²) of undeveloped land on the mauka end of post. Today Fort Shafter remains the focal point for command, control, and support of Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region.

External links

• United States Army Pacific

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