Qualla: Schofield Barracks https://qualla.com/schofield-barracks en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Schofield Barracks https://qualla.com/schofield-barracks Schofield Barracks: Introduction https://qualla.com/schofield-barracks/ James Jones set his 1951 novel From Here to Eternity here -- the story of soldiers drinking, fighting, loving, and dying in the months before Pearl Harbor. The film version, with Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the surf, won eight Academy Awards. But the real Schofield Barracks is not a set that got struck after filming. It is a working Army post of 17,725 acres on central Oahu, home to nearly 15,000 people, where the 25th Infantry Division has been stationed since 1941 and where soldiers still run Kolekole Pass at dawn the way their predecessors did eight decades ago.

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]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/d/schofield-barracks-wp/87zd-schofield-barracks-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Schofield Barracks: A General's Recommendation https://qualla.com/schofield-barracks/ The post takes its name from Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield, who served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1888 to 1895. In 1872, Schofield had been sent to Hawaii on a reconnaissance mission, and he returned with a recommendation that would shape ...

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]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/7/z/d/schofield-barracks-wp/87zd-schofield-barracks-tropic-lightning.mp3 0:06 3 full Schofield Barracks: The Pass and the Cross https://qualla.com/schofield-barracks/ Kolekole Road winds through the enlisted housing area and up to Kolekole Pass, a saddle in the Waianae Range that connects Schofield Barracks to Lualualei Naval Magazine on the leeward coast. The pass is both a practical vehicle route and a ritual of Army life -- soldiers use the...

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