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This is #4 Worchester Road, the house where my family lived during the mid-70s. This is a better image than the
one on the background page, and shows the window and roof arrangements to better advantage. The hedges surrounding the
house are a later addition. Photo taken by ace photographer Margaret Lillard during her "Radford Period."
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This is a composite of two maps of Fort Kam that were drawn as part of a 1922 survey
of coastal defenses in the territory of Hawaii. Aside from the addition of more barracks, the Fort remained largely
unchanged until 1941. The officers quarters line the western part of Worchester Road, in front of Battery Hasbrouck.
The other batteries of the fort are grouped on the eastern side of the map, which is actually the central part of the fort.
This picture shows US Army investigators examining the cockpit of the Kam Zero.
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This picture was taken by Jacques Fuselier, a soldier assigned to the 55th Coast Artillery Regiment at Fort Kam on December
7th, 1941. This photo is important as it shows the Kam Zero before it was examined by Army officials. Note that
the canopy is unopened, indicating that Hirano's body is still in the cockpit. Also note the sign on the building wall
above the Zero's tail. High resolution views of the picture reveal that the sign says "Ordnance Machine Shop", which
precisely locates the crash location on the 1922 map.
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Typical Zero in flight. Fuselage band is similar to those applied to aircraft from the carrier Akagi.
Tail of the Kam Zero, showing the aircraft data stencil just forward of the port horizontal stabilizer.
This picture of the in progress investigation provides a good counterpoint to the Fuselier photo taken from the same
vantage point before the investigation started.
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