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The artfully arranged Kukaniloko Birthing Stones.
U.S. Army Schofield Barracks
James Jones, author of From Here to Eternity, called Schofield
Barracks “the most beautiful army post the U.S. has or ever had.” The Honolulu Star Bulletin
called it a country club. More than a million soldiers just called Schofield Barracks home. With
its broad, palm-lined boulevards and Art Deco buildings, this old army cavalry post is still the
largest operated by the U.S. Army outside the continental United States. And it's still one of
the best places to be a soldier.
You can no longer visit the barracks themselves, but the history of Schofield Barracks and
the 25th Infantry Division is told in the small
TropicLightningMuseum.
Displays range from
a 1917 bunker exhibit to a replica of Vietnam's infamous Cu Chi tunnels.
Schofield Barracks, Building 361, Waianae Ave.
&
808/655-0438.
www.25idl.army.mil/tropic%20lightning%20museum/
main.asp
. Free admission. Tues-Sun 10am-4pm. Bus: 19 to Ala Moana center then 52 to Wahiawa; transfer at California
Ave. to no. 72, Schofield Barracks Shuttle.
Wet'n'Wild
★
Formerly called the Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park, kids love this 29-acre
water-theme amusement park, which opened in 1999 with some $14 million in attractions.
Plan to spend the day. Highlights are a football-field-size wave pool for bodysurfing, two
65-foot-high free-fall slides, two water-toboggan bullet slides, inner-tube slides, body-flume
slides, a continuous river for floating inner tubes, and separate pools for adults, teens, and
children. In addition, there are restaurants, Hawaiian performances, and shops.
