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World War II brought martial law to Hawaiʻi — and hardship to many Japanese Americans who were put in concentration camps on the continent. Many families voluntarily left Hawaiʻi to join their loved ones at those camps. That experience not only upended lives but also changed them.
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Red Hill deficiencies at fuel facility spur EPA's order of consent with Navy; Oral history project highlights WWII Japanese incarceration; Did a shark attack a Kīhei deer?; Grim future ahead for Hawaiʻi's endemic birds; New seaweed survey focuses on Kahoʻolawe limu
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When Hawaiʻi was under martial law 81 years ago, military officials had unprecedented power, and some individuals from the Japanese community were arrested. In our ongoing project with the Center for Oral History, we hear from community members who moved to mainland incarceration centers to be with their fathers.
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Eighty-one years ago, the Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II. As part of an ongoing project with the UH Mānoa Center for Oral History, we bring you the voices of those who witnessed that day in Honolulu.
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The Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission discusses how the economic fallout from the pandemic impacted their work; an HPU researcher talks about the invasive bullfrog and why they were brought here; and the authors of a new book about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II share why they decided to write it.
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California To Apologize For Internment Of Japanese AmericansSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Les Ouchida was born an American just outside California's capital city, but his citizenship mattered little after Japan bombed Pearl…
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This week we’ve been marking the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack with a series of recollections from people who lived through it. The days…
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Once thought to be lost, the Honouliuli Internment Camp is now a national monument. Yesterday, a dedication ceremony in the Kunia gulch made it official.…
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A Hawai‘i woman should have graduated from McKinley High School in the spring of 1943. But Sarah Okada Sato’s studies were put on hold when she and her…
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President Obama is expected to announce the designation of three national monuments. One of them is Honouliuli, the largest World War Two internment camp…