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Pearl Harbor is a harbour located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Today It is a United States Navy deep-water naval base, and also the headquarters of the United States Pacific fleet. Pearl Harbor was attacked on 7 December 1941, by Japanese fighter planes. This was a huge surprise. Japan is 4,000 miles away from Hawaii , so the Americans thought that Japan were going to attack a European colonie. But instead, their goal was to take down the the Pacific Fleet so the Americans would not be able to…

to Do in Lake Tahoe). In contrast, the Islands of Hawaii is surrounded by a big body of water called the Pacific Ocean. Depending on which island you are on, you can possibly see and active volcano. Yet, specifically on Oahu there are currently no active volcanoes that exist. Oahu is special because it has an extinct volcano flourishing with both flora and fauna. Oahu’s extinct volcano is called Diamond Head Crater, in its current state many lifeforms are able to thrive just like the many flora…

happened way before he was born. How did it start? Well it started with Liloa, his father. Liloa is a ruling chief. His father, Kiha-nui-lulu-moku and ancestors are all ruling chiefs. His mother, Wai-o-lea, belonged to an Oahu family of chiefs. Liloa’s wife was Pinea. She was from Oahu and was his mother’s younger sister. They gave birth to a child, Hekau, who would be the heir of the kingdom. Liloa’s direct successor was Laea-nui-kau-manamana, the son of ʻEhu-nui-kai-malino, ruling chief of…

About Her Queen Liliuokalani was a strong and good-hearted queen. She is known for being the last and first queen of Hawaii, writing “Aloha, Oe” a famous song known from hawaii, and opening up orphanages after her reign. She didn’t become in charge until she was 43 years old, after her brother King Kalakaua left to go travel. She was temporarily in charge at first. After her brother died on January 30th, 1891 then she started her reign. Queen Liliuokalani was adopted when she was a baby…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States and he was also the only president to have ever been elected 4 times. Roosevelt delivered the speech Pearl Harbor Address on December 8, 1941, a day after Japan attacked the island Oahu in Hawaii. The audience of the speech was the Vice President, Members of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and subsequently the whole nation. One of the things that made the speech so powerful was the words and phrases that he used to…

The book contained five parts which included Youth and Young Adulthood,his military career, When he was stranded on the raft in the middle of the ocean, when he was a prisoner and returning home. Louie Zamperini a child of an Italian immigrant. Began to run outside the law. Louie started to steal, mostly money, food, and whatever else he could find. He ran small scams and vandalized property. Louie was prompted to join his school's track and field team. He broke lots of records and later was…

Sunday, December 7, 1941, at 7:55 A.M. the Pearl Harbor bombing started in Oahu, an island in Hawaii, also known as Pearl Harbor. The bombing started at 7:55 A.M. and ended at 9:45 A.M. Many of the men were still in their pajamas, some were still eating breakfast. The battle took place for two hours. The Japanese attacked in two waves that consisted of three hundred fifty-three planes. The waves were approximately forty - five minutes apart, that the Japanese launched. 7:55 A.M. the first wave…

on her side with the majority of them opposing the Annexation. “To his excellency William McKinley, President, and The Senate of the United States...we the undersigned, Native Hawaiian Citizens, and residents of the District of Honolulu, Island of Oahu...earnestly protest against the annexation of the said Hawaiian Islands to the said United Sates of America in any form or shape." (1897 Petition Against the Annexation of…

destinations could bring them. One of the most important things is to get out and do things, live life to the fullest and never settle for the norm of day to day life. Waimanalo is a little town just 30 minutes outside of Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Despite Hawaii being overseas, it is a beautiful place to visit. The town’s name Waimanalo in Hawaiian means “potable water” for the vast variety of ponds and streams in the town that the natives use for farming and animals. The…

enter into a genuine thinking together… (Larsen, McInerney, Nyquist, Santos, & Silsbee, n.d.). Since the start of my field site rotation, I have been doing my field site experience with the United States Army Public Health Clinic here on the island of Oahu. As I have noted before, this clinic is unique in that the population that it serves are military service members and military retirees, their families, and the Department of the Army civilian employees. Two-way communication is evident in…