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HOLMES
HALL
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI
From the USSVI Webmaster::
The entries in the NAMES PROJECT are for Buildings and Structures that are named for those who were affiliated in some manner with our submarine force. Most are for the obvious heroes such as Morton, Breault, Cromwell etc.. In any case each entrant was connected to the sub service and each had something named in his honor/memory. As I understand it the naming of HOLMES HALL in-fact had nothing to do with W. J. Holmes' submarine service. Nevertheless Holmes' WWII contribution plus his previous submarine duties in the 1930s certainly make HOLMES HALL an appropriate and worthy addition to the USSVI NAMES PROJECT. Sid Harrison - 2003 |
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14 Feb 2003
Excerpt of the E-Mail from Bill Whalen (Cold war submarine Quartermaster) that prompted me to research the web for more information and images about W. J. (Jasper) Holmes)
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Excerpt of a June 1999 internet posting made by a retired Navy Officer
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Holmes Hall
Holmes Hall houses the College of Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa, and is named after Wilfred Jay Holmes, Senior Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Mathematics and the First Dean of the College of Engineering. Groundbreaking for the building took place on November 3, 1969 and was completed and occupied in mid-1972. http://www.bookstore.hawaii.edu/manoa/main/allsites.asp |
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The sculpture in the foreground, the Gateway of Hope, was made from three-eights of an inch thick steel plates that were cut, rolled and welded together. |
Capt W. J. Holmes, USNR (RET) AOIC JICPOA Communications Intelligence
Unit Pearl Harbor (1929-1947) Image and text: http://www.anzwers.org/free/navyscpo/frupac_history_1.html
Post WWII "Up
Periscope Seminar" - Held at Nimitz Musuem Fredicksburg,Texas |
"The birth and history of Supplementary Radio Unit Pacific 1929-1947"
Source: Supplementary RADIO
UNIT, COMMANDANT, NAVY 128, FRUPAC - U.S.Fleet Radio Unit Pacific |
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from Remarks as delivered by Admiral Thomas B. Fargo As we know it today, the Japanese used a separate code table to conceal geographic locations. While cryptanalysts in Washington, the Philippines and Hawaii were all convinced that intercepted Japanese communications indicated a forthcoming major Japanese offensive, there was significant disagreement over the intended target. In order to prove to the doubters in Washington, CDR Jasper Holmes devised a plan to prove that the Japanese Code designation AF (Alpha Foxtrot) was indeed Midway Atoll. CDR Holmes convinced CDR Layton to approach Admiral Nimitz with a plan to prove that Station HYPO's cryptanalytic methods were correct. Source: http://www.cpf.navy.mil/speech/speeches/010601intel.htm |