Search info on this photo the 99th Naval Construction Battalion’s dinner dance at the USO Victory Club in Honolulu on September 18, 1944. They are a separate event from the December Towers Pool dedication.
The Victory Club occupied the former House of Mitsukoshi department store on South King Street. Its rooftop garden likely explains the open-sided dance floor and tropical decorations visible here. The five-story club was unusual for having escalators and reportedly served hundreds of thousands of military patrons each month. International Journal of Naval History.
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Three Seabees of the 99th Naval Construction Battalion pose with their civilian partners during the September 18, 1944 dinner dance. The sailors and women are wearing Hawaiian leis.
Vintage 1940s WWII photo I removed from a US Navy Seabee's Photo Album which was the usually mix of unit photos, snapshots he took. This is a unit 4x5 photo.
On Aug 23. 1943 the 99th Naval Construction Battalion was adopted by the Governor of Texas and then known as the 99th Lone Star Battalion. The Fighting Seabees was being filming training scenes at Camp Rousseau. The star of the movie Susan Hayward was adopted as the Battalion Sister and hooray citizen of Texas.Nov 5th the 99th headed to San Francisco for the USS West Point for Hawaii. Staying at Waiawa Gulch Hawaii first, some left for Kauai, Big Island, Johnston Island, Phoenix Island etc. May of 1944 they left the Waiawa Gulch to Aiea, Hawaii. In April 1945 the 99th arrived in the Philippines till wars end. Does not glow under black light.
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