Word: hawaiian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...October 16, 1941, the Commanding General, Hawaiian Department [Short], and the Commander in Chief of the Fleet [Kimmel], were advised by the War and Navy Departments of the changes in the Japanese Cabinet, and of the possibility of an attack by Japan on Great Britain and the United States...
...preceding the Japanese attack, the responsible commanders held no ... discussion of the meaning of the warnings and orders sent them. The attitude of each demonstrated a lack of appreciation of the responsibilities vested in them and inherent in their positions as Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, and Commanding General, Hawaiian Department...
Transportation problems due to the war in the Pacific, he stated will reduce the Hawaiian supply, which normally is about 700,000 tons...
...loyal from the disloyal. It was an overwhelming problem. For the Japs were everywhere-behind shop counters in Honolulu, serving as gardeners on almost every island, cutting cane on all plantations, fishing off the coasts. Many of them were working on defense projects, many, as members of the Hawaiian Territorial Guard, were watching over power plants, parading in front of public buildings. The uniforms they wore were those of the U.S. Army, and only an arm badge, marked H.T.G., distinguished them from U.S. regulars...
...industry-Walter Teagle, chairman of Standard Oil; Roger Lapham, chairman of American-Hawaiian Steamship Co.; Albert W. Hawkes, chairman of Congoleum-Nairn; Edward J. McMillan, president of Standard Knitting Mills...