HWST 107 FINAL EXAM UH Manoa
Questions with Answers
Why is the U.S. interested in Pacific island possessions during this period of
American Empire building in the early 20th century?
○ Think: What role(s) does Hawaiʻi, American Sāmoa, Guam, and Micronesia
play in regards to the U.S. military? - -strategic military purposes
-Why do many regard the US treatment of residents within its island
territories as unjust and unethical? - -- no full rights to native people
- social and environmental impacts
-Identity: Insular Cases - -insular: island territories under War Department's
Bureau of Insular Affairs
- US Supreme Court opinions on US territories acquired in the Spanish-
American War
- way for US to enquire new territories and partially apply constitution
-Why are the Insular Cases considered outdated and irrelevant today? - --
still based on outdated and racist views
- pacific islanders are still neglected by US powers
- full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to US places and to all
US citizens
-Why does the General Smedley Butler refer to war as a "racket"? According
to Butler, how has the country's armed forces been misused during the early
1900s? - -- something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people
- conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses
- "the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag"
- war for any other reason other than the defense of our homes and the Bill
of Rights is a racket
- all about money
-What is PACOM and where is it based? - -US Pacific Command, Oahu
-List 3 statistics regarding PACOM in Hawaii - -- combined military branches
= 161 installations
- controls 5.7% of total land in Hawaii (236, 303 acres)
- controls 22.4% or 85,718 acres of Oahu land
- islands surrounded by 210,000 sq. mi. of military operating ocean area and
58,599 sq. mi. of military special use airspace
, -Cite at least 2 facts supporting the claim that Hawaii is the most militarized
state in the union - -- 44,458 active duty military personnel and 56, 572
military dependents
- 116,000 retired military residing in state, military connected population
totaled 217,030 (17% of state)
- largest percentage of its population in the military
-Where does a bulk of military controlled lands in Hawaii come from and why
does this not sit well with the Native Hawaiian community? - -- ceded lands
(US seized 1.8 million acres of Hawaiian government and crown lands of the
Kingdom of Hawaii)
-How much Hawaiian land is under military stewardship? - -112,173 acres or
54% of military controlled land in Hawaii = ceded lands
-Identify: DERP - -- 1984
- Defense Environmental Restoration Program
-Identify: FUDS - -Formerly Used Defense Sites
-Why do critics claim that DERP reports fall short of their intended purpose?
- -- annual DERP report to congress doesn't include FUDS and US
installations on foreign soil
-Why are military fuel storage facilities a concern for the local community?
How large are these tanks? Is there a history of problems with them? What
would be affected if the tanks were to leak or suffer an accident? - -* The
Abandoned Tank
- 9 million gallon capacity
- when abandoned: 126,000 barrels of waste (5.3 million gallons), demolition
team collapsed roof and drained tank by drilling holes
- now in grassy field between enlisted men's dining hall and their living
quarters
* Mililani Tanks
- 32 million gallon system
- 3 fuel storage areas (Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Wheeler)
- Air Force discovered 80 ruptures (1987)
* Red Hill underground fuel storage facility
- 20 reinforced concrete fuel tanks
- 252 million gallons of diesel and jet fuel
- sits 100 ft above aquifer (which supplies 25% of Honolulu's water)
- 2015: Board of Water Supply says tested positive for jet fuel in the aquifer
-Why are toxic military dumps in the ocean surrounding Hawaii a potential
problem for the community?
Questions with Answers
Why is the U.S. interested in Pacific island possessions during this period of
American Empire building in the early 20th century?
○ Think: What role(s) does Hawaiʻi, American Sāmoa, Guam, and Micronesia
play in regards to the U.S. military? - -strategic military purposes
-Why do many regard the US treatment of residents within its island
territories as unjust and unethical? - -- no full rights to native people
- social and environmental impacts
-Identity: Insular Cases - -insular: island territories under War Department's
Bureau of Insular Affairs
- US Supreme Court opinions on US territories acquired in the Spanish-
American War
- way for US to enquire new territories and partially apply constitution
-Why are the Insular Cases considered outdated and irrelevant today? - --
still based on outdated and racist views
- pacific islanders are still neglected by US powers
- full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to US places and to all
US citizens
-Why does the General Smedley Butler refer to war as a "racket"? According
to Butler, how has the country's armed forces been misused during the early
1900s? - -- something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people
- conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses
- "the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag"
- war for any other reason other than the defense of our homes and the Bill
of Rights is a racket
- all about money
-What is PACOM and where is it based? - -US Pacific Command, Oahu
-List 3 statistics regarding PACOM in Hawaii - -- combined military branches
= 161 installations
- controls 5.7% of total land in Hawaii (236, 303 acres)
- controls 22.4% or 85,718 acres of Oahu land
- islands surrounded by 210,000 sq. mi. of military operating ocean area and
58,599 sq. mi. of military special use airspace
, -Cite at least 2 facts supporting the claim that Hawaii is the most militarized
state in the union - -- 44,458 active duty military personnel and 56, 572
military dependents
- 116,000 retired military residing in state, military connected population
totaled 217,030 (17% of state)
- largest percentage of its population in the military
-Where does a bulk of military controlled lands in Hawaii come from and why
does this not sit well with the Native Hawaiian community? - -- ceded lands
(US seized 1.8 million acres of Hawaiian government and crown lands of the
Kingdom of Hawaii)
-How much Hawaiian land is under military stewardship? - -112,173 acres or
54% of military controlled land in Hawaii = ceded lands
-Identify: DERP - -- 1984
- Defense Environmental Restoration Program
-Identify: FUDS - -Formerly Used Defense Sites
-Why do critics claim that DERP reports fall short of their intended purpose?
- -- annual DERP report to congress doesn't include FUDS and US
installations on foreign soil
-Why are military fuel storage facilities a concern for the local community?
How large are these tanks? Is there a history of problems with them? What
would be affected if the tanks were to leak or suffer an accident? - -* The
Abandoned Tank
- 9 million gallon capacity
- when abandoned: 126,000 barrels of waste (5.3 million gallons), demolition
team collapsed roof and drained tank by drilling holes
- now in grassy field between enlisted men's dining hall and their living
quarters
* Mililani Tanks
- 32 million gallon system
- 3 fuel storage areas (Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Wheeler)
- Air Force discovered 80 ruptures (1987)
* Red Hill underground fuel storage facility
- 20 reinforced concrete fuel tanks
- 252 million gallons of diesel and jet fuel
- sits 100 ft above aquifer (which supplies 25% of Honolulu's water)
- 2015: Board of Water Supply says tested positive for jet fuel in the aquifer
-Why are toxic military dumps in the ocean surrounding Hawaii a potential
problem for the community?
