Pu‘u o Kapolei (Fort Barrette)
Once a significant military installation, Fort Barrette played a role during World War II as
Once a significant military installation, Fort Barrette played a role during World War II as
Today, Quarters 30 is located in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Ford Island, but it was one of the six original bungalows built for the Navy’s senior enlisted personnel and attached to the Naval Air Station on Ford Island. As such, it was built in 1923 in the Belleau Wood Loop neighborhood, about 1200 feet away, and moved decades later to the Nob Hill neighborhood.
Situated in the shadow of battleship row on Ford Island on December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor, these bungalow style Chief Petty Officer (CPO) quarters suffered damage from shrapnel, oil, and fire.
If Quarters 31 could talk, it would tell the story of Bernie and Coty Burnfin
Two caldera volcanoes—today known as the Waianae and Koolau mountains—and subsequent erosion formed the island