World War II

Dr. Hiroya Sugano spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about a ceremony with an improbable artifact that honors U.S. airmen and Japanese citizens who died during World War II.

Together, authors Dee and Jack Buckingham collected more than 150 archival images for the book “Images of America: World War II Hawaii." The pair spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about gathering the photographs and Dee's latest book, "Code Name Rascal."

University of Hawaiʻi scientist Patrick Cross spoke with The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about his grandfather’s experience as a prisoner of war during World War II.

News anchor and filmmaker David Ono spoke with HPR’s Russell Subiono about his multimedia documentary on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battalion called “Defining Courage.”

Fujimoto-Johnson is the author and illustrator of “Shell Song,” the first children's book about the incarceration camps in Hawaiʻi. HPR spoke with Fujimoto-Johnson about telling her family’s story in a children's book.

Legendary jazz drummer Danny Gottlieb and studio musician/percussionist Beth Gottlieb are both members of the Lt. Dan Band. Led by philanthropist, actor and bassist Gary Sinise, the Lt. Dan Band performs with the Gottliebs this weekend in a free concert at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Gottliebs speak with Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba about the Lt. Dan Band, the Gary Sinise Foundation, and honoring veterans, first responders, and their families.

Ceremonies on Aug. 6 to mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki included one at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. A contingent from Hawaiʻi included members of the Ohana Arts Youth Theatre Company, which staged a musical called "Peace On Your Wings."

Alan Rosenfeld, associate vice president for academic programs and policy for the University of Hawaiʻi System, will be giving a talk called “Lessons from Camp Honouliuli: Breaking Down Myths and Assumptions about Wartime Internment in Hawaiʻi.” The Conversation talked to him about some of the factors overlooked when talking about internment in Hawaiʻi.

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot who died slamming his fighter plane into the American vessel. The funeral following the Battle of Okinawa is one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II.

The Honouliuli National Historic Site on Oʻahu will kick off its 10th anniversary with two events this month. Commemoration events will run through January 2026.