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Word: kona (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
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...naval base in land-locked Pearl Harbor (which he as Assistant Secretary of the Navy helped develop), a review of troops at the largest U. S. Army post (Schofield Barracks: 30,000 men). For the asking they would gladly take him fishing for the great a'u (swordfish) in Kona waters, drive him through Hawaii's fern forests, show him sugar-cane fields, pineapple plantations, the leper colony, crown him with leis, feed him poi (taro root paste), or entertain him at a native feast (luau) with straw-skirt ballet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Hoomalimali Party | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

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