Fall Season at HOTB has arrived!

Aloha,
It's Fall season at Home of the Brave Tours and our seats are filling up fast on our Home of the Brave Tours.  Be sure and book your reservations early at http://www.pearlharborhq.com/. 
We are excited to announce that all of our historian guides, Bob, Duke, Olav and John  are now using state of the art touch screen technology with their new ipads.  This will further enhance the overall tour experience for all of our guests. We hope to see you  soon on the tour!   
    

Home of the Brave Tour Update!

Aloha Everyone!
Home of the Brave Tours have much to report and update you on!
Expansion into the beverage distribution industry is in full effect with our very own Home of the Brave Beverage Company's Pilot Pale Ale now available! You can find our delicious handcrafted by Maui Brewing Company Brew on tap at the beautiful snack bar on the beach at the Hale Koa Hotel, the Koa Oasis. We soon will be available at other military installations on the island (Hickam, Fort Shafter and more!) and look forward to continuing our support of those in the U.S. Military through this new facet of the Home of the Brave lineage!
 With the summer in full effect, we have bumped our pick-up times up by about 5 minutes at each location in order to "beat the crowd" and long lines down at the Arizona Memorial that have been forming bright and early. As many of you already know, we pride ourselves on usually being one of the first groups in line in the morning, and to increase our chances we have to wake up a little bit earlier!
Keep checking back with us as we update our progress and remember...
We will always be the land of the free, as long as we are the...HOME OF THE BRAVE! 
We hope you had a wonderful fourth of July weekend and stay tuned for more updates throughout the week!
Mahalo Nui Loa & Aloha,
HOTB Tours

Latest News from HOTB & HOTBBC

 

Home of the Brave Tours has been very busy expanding the past few months!

As many of you have heard, Home of the Brave Tours is expanding its support of our Armed Forces into the Home of the Brave Brewing Company, a beverage company with the thought of gradually growing into our very own brewpub and/or brewing company! With the help of Maui Brewing Company we are right on schedule to have our very first beer, our Pilot Pale Ale, arriving in the next few weeks. 

With the hectic schedule it has been tough to find time to update our blogs and websites but with the summer approaching we are trying hard to keep you up to date with whats new with HOTB and HOTBBC! 

Mahalo for your Support and remember, we will remain the Land of the Free as long as we are the Home of the Brave!!!

HyperWar Library

A few weeks ago I was introduced to Hyperwar, an online library dedicated to recording and reviving World War II Documents, text and historical information on their website. It can be found at http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ and is becoming a phenomenal database for facts, figures, statistics and general knowledge about World War II not only in the Pacific but in Europe as well. A big Mahalo to Terry & Carolyn Welshan from Bardstown, KY for joining us on tour and sending us photos of this amazing 1945 Studebaker m29c Weasel that they have back at home! If only we could use that to do tours in...

Coming Soon...

The first two aces in World War II in the Pacific

One of our favorite stories to tell on our tour is the amazing tale of Ken Taylor and George Welch taking to the skies over Ewa Marine Corp Base to fight back against Japanese Zero fighters and high level bomber aircraft. 

In an artists depiction above, Ken & George soar over Pearl Harbor and follow Japanese Zero's towards Kaena Point on the Westside of the island. They are officially credited with shooting down four enemy aircraft apiece that morning during the attack, but do you know the real number of aircraft they took down?

Ken Taylor came on our Home of the Brave Victory Tour in the early 90's and told us the truth about how many planes they shot down on December 7, 1941. To be officially credited with shooting down another aircraft you have to have visual verification of the kill. Ken & George were waging battles over the Pacific miles off the coast and many of their tallys were not counted. Ken told us how he actually shot down SIX enemy aircraft and George show down EIGHT!

HOTB update

Aloha!

The beautiful month of March is upon us and everything is going extremely well here with Home of the Brave. The new visitors center at Pearl Harbor has been extremely popular and crowded with many of the guests enjoying the new facility and program.

At our HOTB museum, the Home of the Brave Brewing Company has been slowly but surely coming along with our initial test batches of our recipes passing our taste testing with flying colors and we are excited to keep you informed on our future endeavors with the company!

Hope all is well from our family to yours and remember, we will remain the Land of the Free as long as we are the Home of the Brave!!!

The New and Improved USS Arizona Memorial Visitors Center

Home of the Brave Brewing Company...Coming Soon!

Home of the Brave Brewing Company is coming soon! We are currently expanding our operations to become potentially a brewery/brewpub and wholesale/distribution company that will produce high quality, freshly brewed craft beer and non-alcoholic beverages dedicated to those who have served and are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Products are being developed with the highest quality ingredients, materials and work ethic-vales that align with those of the Armed Forces and its supporters. Along with creating these premier beverages, Home of the Brave Brewing Company will continue the strong support of the U.S. Military by donating field equipment and services through a generous support program based on a percentage of the company's profits and fund raising efforts.

The Mighty Mo is Back!

Following a three-month, $18 million makeover, the USS Missouri returned to her old berth in Pearl Harbor looking shipshape and seemingly brand new.
With a new deck, clean underbelly and fresh coat of paint, the USS Missouri is currently back open to visitors as of January 15, 2010. She was in dry dock for a little under a month, hiding in Pearl Harbor where she was restored and brought back to life more beautiful than before.
BAE Systems is the company that did the preservation and restoration work while in drydock, and during a VIP ceremony  U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye announced that the USS Missouri will "stand as a memorial for generations to come to remember what the men in women in World War II did."
You can visit the USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor by purchasing tickets at the Pearl Harbor Visitors Center (currently located at the USS Bowfin Submarine Park) and catching a trolley across the Ford Island Bridge to where she is tethered to Pier Foxtrot-5 right along the USS Arizona Memorial.
Visit the USS Missouri's website at The Battleship Missouri Memorial

It's been a while, but were back!

With the recent holiday season coming to an end the Home of the Brave Hawaii Victory Tour has been hard at work in the museum and on the tour! Here are a few highlights and news from within the company...

We recently acquired some brand new display cases that will be featured in the Victory Club very soon! We have some wonderful vintage memorabilia and other items that we can finally share in the museum...I'll be sure to include the final content when we finish them up and place them into the Museum!

We have been working on another project for our museum as well as for the Arizona Memorial Visitor Center's giftshop-here are a few concept shots of the Victory Garden Apron we are currently making...hopefully we can revive the Victory Gardens that were popular back in the 1940's!

Finally, we were excited to meet the 2008 United States Army "Soldier of the Year" Spc. David Obray, a Construction Equipment Repair Specialist, with the 492nd Engineer Company, 414th Engineer Command in Mankato, Minnesota.

David and his family joined us on our Home of the Brave Victory Tour in December and shared his stories with us throughout the day. When asked about how he felt about being the Soldier of the year, he responded "The Best Warrior is the personified Strength of the Nation. The title represents the entire United States Army and shows the proficiency of all Soldiers and NCOs (Noncommissioned Officers). It was a great honor to be selected." Here is a photo of David during the competition as well!