km (56‚000 ft) above its base! The enormous volcano covers half of the Island of Hawaii and by itself amounts to about 85 percent of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined. Now let’s get to finding out about lava. Although‚ it is a little terrifying having an active volcano next to a big city like Hilo Hawaii‚ it also brings in money for the city. According to wikipedia “Hilo is the county seat of the County of Hawaii and
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Pearl Harbor was an American naval base based in Honolulu‚ Hawaii which harbored eight American battle ships. Just before 8:00 AM on December 7th‚ 1941‚ Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese fighter planes. The attack lasted just two hours but left severe damages too many people stationed there‚ ships‚ planes‚ and the American people. The attack came as a surprise for the people of America and the men and women stationed at the naval base. Japanese fighter planes successfully destroyed twenty American
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What Really Happened At Pearl Harbor? Everyone thinks they know the whole story of Pearl harbor‚ but do you really know what happened that tragic day? One of the worst attacks in our county’s history happened on a small island territory called Oahu‚ Hawaii at 7:45 AM on December 7th‚ 1941 by the Japanese navy and air force. This attack was a complete surprise to America and was aimed at shaking her to its core with all the deaths of American servicemen. President Roosevelt addressed the nation after
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just loves surfing for what it is‚ never gives up and always sticks with the ocean.” (Turner 1) Bethany Hamilton was a born soul surfer on February 8‚ 1990‚ and born on the island of Lihue‚ Hawaii. Bethany has two older brothers‚ Noah and Timmy Hamilton. Her parents are both surfers‚ which is how they met in Hawaii.(“Bethany Hamilton” Gale Database 1) Ever since Bethany was a little kid she’s always wanted to be a Pro Surfer‚ and her life goal to be one. When the shark attack happened‚ people thought
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defeat the Japanese and their allies like Germany . This attack led the United States to World War II. The United States was placed in that situation because the Japanese did not even send any warnings that they were going to attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The pearl harbor attack start very early in the morning‚ seven december of 1941. Pearl harbor was a surprise attack that lead the united states entered the world war 2. The attack to pearl harbor start like at 7 or 8 am‚ the japanese
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Honolulu Waste Problem: City Struggles To Find A Place For Its 1.6 Million Tons Of Annual Garbage Gigantic piles of shrink-wrapped garbage have been moldering in the heat of a Hawaii industrial park for more than five months‚ waiting for a place to be shipped. That wait appeared to end Monday when city officials inked a deal to dispose of the 40 million-pound pile of odious rubbish over the next six months by mostly burning it in an existing waste-to-power plant. But bigger problems remain for
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atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 followed in the wake of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor” (Takaki 137). Following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ President Roosevelt approved the evacuation of more than 20‚000 Japanese Americans living in Hawaii. He did this because he saw the Japanese as “dangerous” and thought that they gave information to the Japanese military about Pearl Harbor‚ which helped them plan the attack. FDR wasn’t the only government official to feel this way. Many government
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the “Heathens” from sin. The missionaries began to gain influence in the native government. Eventually the U.S. government decided to annex the islands for the use of the harbors. In the article “One Hundred Years of Colonization in Hawaii‚” Poka Laenui describes Hawaii after the colonization. “Schools became recycling institutions for ripping out native identities and replacing them with American identities. Students were told to drop their indigenous names and take up American names‚ to speak English
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white kid in Kahuku I always felt I was not one of the haole people who were ignorant and foolish in their understanding of "native issues" I thought that I was instilled with the values of respecting our aina and my desire to understand olelo Hawaii was a characteristic that set me apart from my peers. As a teenager‚ I always had more respect for local people and minorities‚ infact‚ to me‚ white people never helped at all in my growth into an adult. The people that hurt me the worst were my white
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University of Hawaii (UH) Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Program‚ those who formed the Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV)‚ and those who formed Hawaii ’s very own 100th Infantry Battalion and the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT). Although it is common knowledge that Americans discriminated against Asians prior to World War II‚ the spark of anti-Japanese sediment and hatred can be‚ without questioned‚ tied to the actions of the Empire of Japan on December 7‚ 1941‚ against Hawaii‚ then an
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