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Trivia

Ford Island was host to an annual "Hydrofest" where hydroplanes raced around the harbor.
Hollywood actor William Joseph Hill grew up on Ford Island with his family. His father William Joseph Hill Sr. was a Captain in the U.S. Navy.
Damage to structures on Ford Island during the Pearl Harbor attack was surprisingly minimal. A bomb landed (probably by mistake) in the courtyard of the medical building, and windows in some buildings were shattered by the force of explosions on ships.
Amelia Earhart crashed on takeoff from Luke Field during her first attempt at flying around the world.

This was removed from the article. Viriditas (talk) 14:59, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although I understand the word "trivia" is not encyclopedic, actually some of those facts are quite applicable to Ford Island. I lived there in 1991 and I remember the magnitude of those Hydrofoil races being held in the bay. They were a really big deal drawing national networks and thousands of visitors -- at the time at least, the island was completely closed to civilians, except on those days. The other facts are also interesting. Ford Island conjures up a sense of history -- should we lose it?

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	This was removed from the article. [[User:Viriditas\|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas\|talk]]) 14:59, 4 October 2008 (UTC)		This was removed from the article. [[User:Viriditas\|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas\|talk]]) 14:59, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

			: Although I understand the word "trivia" is not encyclopedic, actually some of those facts are quite applicable to Ford Island. I lived there in 1991 and I remember the magnitude of those Hydrofoil races being held in the bay. They were a really big deal drawing national networks and thousands of visitors -- at the time at least, the island was completely closed to civilians, except on those days. The other facts are also interesting. Ford Island conjures up a sense of history -- should we lose it?