Project type: Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started: 1941
Completed: 1942
Quality of Information: Minimal
Site Survival: No Longer Extant
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Description
Morse Field was a military air field from about 1941-1953. WPA funds helped improve the air field between 1941 and 1942.
Source notes
(1) “Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF): Cultural Landscape Report, Final, August 2011, Chapter 3 – Historic Context,” at Commander Naval Installations Command, “Barking Sands to PMRF – Prehistory Through the Cold War,” http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrh/installations/pacific_missile_range_facility_barking_sands/about/history/barking-sands-to-pmrf----prehistory-through-the-cold-war/early-20th-century-prior-to-wwii/hawaii-airfields-and-barking-sands-landing-field-1914-1939.html, accessed March 21, 2015. (2) “Morse Airfield (South Cape Airport),” Hawaii Aviation: An Archive of Historic Photos and Facts,” http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/hawaii-airfields-airports/hawaii/morse-field/, accessed March 21, 2015. (3) “Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Hawaii, Hawaii Island,” at http://www.airfields-freeman.com/HI/Airfields_HI_Hawaii.htm, accessed March 21, 2015.
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 24, 2016.
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