The Army sent me there Jun 1,'77. I was at Schofield Barracks until 1980. In that year I went to work for Harley-Davidson (Leaving out some details) and eventually was put in charge of distribution in the Pacific. Lots of traveling out of my office in HNL.
I never bought property in Hawaii. Got my boat in 1990. We have lived aboard ever since. Retired on April 30th and sailed away on May 26th 2007. (29 years, 361 days)
We sailed back once, in 2011, then North to Alaska in 2012.
I flew back once in 2018. Sad. Never going back again.
Schofield before ‘80——getting closer. You would have been there when the Break Free (later LSA, CLP) guy got permission to test the stuff for cleaning howitzers. They shot the bleep out of Mt Kaala, cleaning and patching, cleaning and patching, ‘til the cows came home. They never could get the 3rd Break Free gun to get dirty so the Colonel said he’s seen enough. They’ve been using it for the big guns ever since.
Learned to fly at the aero club at Wheeler.
You might have helped me build a couple Harleys. Do you remember the Big Indian the shop had up front?