Hawaii's War Years, 1941-1945
Author : Gwenfread Elaine Allen
Publisher : Greenwood Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,88 MB
Release : 1950
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Gwenfread Elaine Allen
Publisher : Greenwood Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,88 MB
Release : 1950
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Gwenfread Allen
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 32,96 MB
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN :
Author : Gwenfread Allen
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0824885015
When war struck December 7, 1941, the people of Hawaii were not unprepared. Within minutes after bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, a well-rehearsed disaster relief plan went into full operation. Thousands of volunteers of all ages and races toiled selflessly to bring order out of chaos. Even before the pall of smoke had died away, air raid trenches had begun to crisscross lawns. By nightfall, windows were blacked out, curfew stilled the darkness, and citizen-soldiers stood girded for a last-ditch fight. During the following tension-ridden days, the entire populace was fingerprinted and inoculated; gas masks were issued and evacuation kits prepared. Barbed wire entanglements, taped windows, sandbag barricades, camouflaged buildings, gas alarms—everywhere were constant, grim reminders of total war. No other American community felt the tensions and shapeless fears the Islands knew during those first months after Pearl Harbor. And, as the Pacific war progressed, no other American community felt its impact so much as Hawaii. Headquarters area, training, staging, and supply area, repair base—Hawaii served as the springboard of the Pacific offensive. Hordes of troops and war workers deluged the Islands; land and buildings were taken over by the armed forces. Controls of every type plagued businesses and individuals. No phase of Island living was left untouched by the war. Hawaii's War Years, 1941–1945, the official history of Hawaii's dramatic part in World War II, is a comprehensive, unbiased account based on material collected over a six-year period by the Hawaii War Records Depository. Written by an Island newspaperwoman with the proper perspective for a subject of such scope, the book does not attempt to render judgments. It is primarily a book of record, a straightforward presentation of facts.
Author : DeSoto Brown
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :
"Here is the enthralling story of Hawaii during World War II as shown through a fascinating text and hundreds of rare and historic photographs. World War II s disruptions were felt throughout the United States, but nowhere more strongly than in Hawaii. Beginning with the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, the years of change and the restrictions that in 1945 caused the islands to undergo an experience unlike anywhere else in the country." From Amazon.
Author : Gwenfread Elaine Allen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,35 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Hawaii
ISBN :
Author : Harry Turtledove
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
Release : 2004-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101212640
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched an attack against United States naval forces stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. But what if the Japanese followed up their air assault with an invasion and occupation of Hawaii? With American military forces subjugated and civilians living in fear of their conquerors, there is no one to stop the Japanese from using the islands' resources to launch an offensive against America's western coast.
Author : Gwenfread E. Allen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,98 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780758122704
Author : Gwenfread Elaine Allen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 1952
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN :
Author : Suzanne Falgout
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0824831306
Micronesians often liken the Pacific War to a typhoon, one that swept away their former lives and brought dramatic changes to their understandings of the world and their places in it. Whether they spent the war in bomb shelters, in sweet potato fields under the guns of Japanese soldiers, or in their homes on atolls sheltered from the war, Micronesians who survived those years know that their peoples passed through a major historical transformation. Yet Pacific War histories scarcely mention the Islanders across whose lands and seas the fighting waged. Memories of War sets out to the fill that historical gap by presenting the missing voices of Micronesians and by viewing those years from their perspectives. The focus is on Micronesian remembrances—the ritual commemorations, features of the landscape, stories, dances, and songs that keep their memories of the conflict alive. The inclusion of numerous and extensive interviews and songs is an important feature of this book, allowing Micronesians to speak for themselves about their experiences. In addition, they also reveal distinctively Micronesian cultural memories of war. Memories of War preserves powerful and poignant memories for Micronesians; it also demonstrates to students of history and culture the extent to which cultural practices and values shape the remembrance of personal experience.
Author : Gwenfread Elaine Allen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 1952
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN :