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aybe it was the previous evening’s Mai Tai, the time zone difference, or the South Seas mindset. On a recent family vacation to Hawaii, I biffed one morning on snagging National Park
Service tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. Who knew my sleeping in would serendipitously lead me to another little-known shrine to the famous battlewagon?
Instead, I explored Honolulu’s Chinatown neighborhood. John Fong, a Honolulu friend from my distant University of Arizona days, provided some recommendations. The commercial district began in the 19th century with goods sold from the nearby Port of Honolulu. The merchants were Chinese laborers seeking improved economic opportunities after completing labor contracts at sugarcane plantations. World War II created an enormous military presence in Hawaii, then a U.S. Territory. As a result, Chinatown, particularly Hotel Street, acquired a seedy reputation where uniformed military personnel congregated to do those things that sailors on shore leave made famous: eat, drink, gamble, womanize, and get a tattoo to remember the experience. One of the early police detectives assigned to the Chinatown beat was Chang Apana, on whom the fictional character, Charlie Chan, was based. Top: Smith’s Union Bar, “Official Watering Hole USS Arizona,” 2022. Above: 1941 map of Hawaii at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Visitor Center, 2022. Left: Two “Mighty Mo’s:” Mo Towne and the USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor, 2022.
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Above: John Fong presenting leis to Douglas and Maureen Towne on Waikiki Beach, 2022. Left: USS Arizona leaving New York City, 1931
Hotel Street put on quite a show, especially after dark, even into the 1980s. “After working a swing shift downtown, I’d walk to Chinatown after midnight to meet up with friends for fresh donuts at a corner on Hotel Street,” says Fong. “Because of the big police presence, it was one of the safest places for pedestrians at that hour. Hookers, police, EMTs, people on all manner of intoxicants, and workers would be in line. I don’t think the business even had a sign; it was just a tiny shop with a couple of deep fat fryers that turned out magnificent donuts – glazed or sugared.” ARIZCC.COM
The neighborhood has been gentrified since then, and the dodgy businesses designed to separate servicemen from their greenbacks are now rare. But a few relics remain from that era, including an unexpected gem. Smith’s Union Bar, established in 1934, proclaims itself the “Oldest Bar on the Island” and—get this—the “Official Watering Hole USS Arizona.” Who knew there was a hidden hangout of the most famous warship sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? Surviving sailors from the USS Arizona held reunions there, most
recently in 2014, and commented that the bar hadn’t changed much. That the USS Arizona’s crew had an official bar makes sense since they had historically been a rowdy bunch. One of their escapades involved sailors who smuggled Madeline Blair, a 19-year-old courtesan with dreams of making it big in Hollywood, on a voyage from New York City to San Pedro, California, in 1924. Officers didn’t detect the battleship’s stowaway until Panama. Blair was deported back to New York, and 23 sailors spent up to 10 years in the brig for their shenanigans. Unfortunately, I discovered Smith’s Union Bar at the end of our vacation. The best I could do was go inside, take in its extensive memorabilia displayed on the wall, and nod at the bartender. But on my next visit to Oahu, besides climbing Diamond Head, snorkeling, and enjoying Dole pineapple whip and malasadas (a type of fried doughnut), I will enjoy an adult beverage at Smith’s Union Bar to honor the memory of the sailors of the USS Arizona. ARIZONA CONTRACTOR & COMMUNITY
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