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    confessor stated that the reason there was no proof of a book that recovered. As if noting a weakness in her story, one confessor speculated “that the devil must keep the witches’ signatures because he “Carried [hers] away with him”(Triggs 2). There have been events all throughout American history that have been monumental and has had events that led into mass hysteria caused by fear. Many of these events were brought on by the ignorance of others. Events like the mass internment of…

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    No-No Boy

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    The novel, No-No Boy by John Okada is about the Inability to function as either Japanese or American. The novel focuses on Ichiro, who is a twenty-five-year-old Japanese man released from prison camp and jail for refusing to join the U.S. Army. The novel is set in Post World War II and is narrated in a third-person point of view. The narrator shares the story of Ichiro, who is a first generation Japanese American. Ichiro struggles to find his place in society and after Pearl Harbor is bombed…

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    of war, but no longer. We are now in this war. We are all in it. We must share the bad news and the good news, the defeats and the victories, the losses and the recoveries. So far, the news has been depressing. We have suffered serious losses in Hawaii. I empathize with all of the families of the men in our armed forces and those of the people in cities which have been attacked. I can only give them my word that they will receive news as soon as possible. The government will give the facts to…

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    Code talking is very important to the history of the world in multiple ways. A code talker is a person who uses obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime. During WWII code talkers were used to spy on the Japanese military to make sure they weren’t going to get involved in the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. navy was nervous about what kind of weapons they had and how they were going to use those weapons against the U.S. The role of the code talker as we…

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    Bloody Waters of Pearl Harbor 2,353 U.S. people passed away and only 55 Japanese died in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was a tragic day in history because so many risked their lives ( How many Pearl Harbor Deaths were there? - visit Pearl Harbor, 2016). Most important, Japan launches a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor (USHMM attack on Pearl Harbor). The following day, U.S. President, Franklin Roosevelt declared war on the Japan (USHMM attack on Pearl…

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    If I could pick anywhere in the world to go i’d wanna go to Hawaii. Hawaii has been place I have wanted to go to ever since my grandpa told me about his trip. They have a lot of things to do in Hawaii. These are some of the reason why I wanna go to Hawaii I would like to go to a Hawaiian luau, I wanna go to the volcano’s and visit Hawaii’s great beach. To start with I would hike softly to the huge volcano. When I arrive at the huge volcano I would pick coconuts and admire the site around me.…

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    Known for its cascading waterfalls, visitors to Kauai can enjoy a thrilling kayaking trip down the Wailua River. Fishponds can be found on the island that have existed for 1,000 years. Meanwhile, shoppers can explore the quaint towns of Old Kolia Town and Hanapepe. Overview Kauai is the fourth-largest island in the Hawaiian Islands. Nicknamed the Garden Isle, it is filled with jagged cliff faces, steep mountains and verdant valleys. Over the centuries, tropical rain forests have taken over…

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    Hawaii Tsunami Analysis

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    I live in Ocean View (The Big Island), Hawaii. According to an article, due to Hawaii’s location in relation to the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean and it’s volcanoes, Hawaii is at great risk of tsunamis and earthquakes. As previously stated, Hawaii has volcanoes; most notably, Kilauea. Kilauea is an active volcano that could cause serious property damage and could be harmful to life. In accordance with a Hawaiian travel guide, Hawaii records about one tsunami per year and a damaging tsunami…

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    Allied Victory In Ww2

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    they joined the fight was because they did not want to standby and keep on getting attacked. With France and Britain fighting with Germany the U.S. went to war with the Japanese. On December 7,1941, about 360 Japanese pilots attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and killed over 2,000 American troops. Germany saw that America was weak, so they had declared war with them after they had attacked Japan. ( History.com P5) Toward Allied Victory in World War Two In this last paragraph I will mention how…

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    It's 1941 one of the United States naval base has been bombed it has killed hundreds of innocent lives. Now imagine being accused of all those deaths. That’s what Japanese Americans were facing at the time. They were being accused of something they didn’t do, but for something their country did. For this reason Japanese Americans were put in internment camps. Internment camps were camps set up by the government to put all the people of Japanese ancestry. The U.S. took 115,000 Japanese Americans…

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