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Air Force, Navy Volunteers Construct Rock Wall to Preserve and Protect Hawaiian Burial Vault
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Video by Roann Gatdula
July 15, 2025 | 1:27
More than 30 Air Force and Navy service members gathered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to continue construction of the Halealoha Haleamau (House of Aloha, House of Eternity) burial vault’s protective barrier wall, July 14, 2025. The vault, founded in 1997, is a culturally significant replica of a traditional Hawaiian burial platform and serves as a permanent repository for Native Hawaiian burials recovered on the installation. Volunteers constructed the lava rock wall using traditional Hawaiian methods. (U.S. Navy video by Roann Gatdula) More