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I'm sure this is Hilo, Hawai'i. Note that river (Wailuku) and railroad bridges. The 1946 tsunami destroyed at least one RR bridge, along with much of the Hilo waterfront... today there is a buffer zone with only parks. Also, when lava flows from Mauna Loa Volcano threatened Hilo in 1935, the 23rd bomb squadron bombed the lava flows to divert them from flowing to Hilo. Seeing the other volcanic and aircraft photos tends to point that way.

"A later wave in the 1946 tsunami approaches the Wailuku River in Hilo in this UC Berkeley
aerial photo, which reveals one railroad bridge has already been washed out."
Photo: NOAA/NGDC Natural Hazards Photo

from hawaii.gov/hawaii aviation, identified as Hilo, Hawai'i

A third photo, and history hawaii.gov/ito/airport-information/airport-history

1932 - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park - Halema'uma'u crater - Kilauea volcano - Big Island of Hawai'i RE:(John Lee Highfill) JL Highfill's WWII assignments: "... In October 1942, Chief Photographer John L. Highfill, USN, with some twenty Naval photographers from the Naval Patrol Wing One was sent from the Hawaiian Islands to the South Pacific where they reported to CDR. Quackenbush. This group of Naval photographers under Chief Highfill increased the original Quackenbush's Gypsies from one officer and 14 enlisted photographers to four officers and 83 enlisted photographers, one civilian Fairchild Camera Corp. representative and four officers who became known as the Pioneer Band. During the 18 month that Quackenbush's Gypsies were engaged in photo reconnaissance operations in the South Pacific area, .... excerpted from "MCARA * War Stories > Quackenbush's Gypsies" www.mcara.us/quackenbushs_gypsies.php