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tsunamis_26.pdf (7.8 MB)

Date

1998

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Nishimoto, Warren

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Hilo-born man tells the story of his father from young rail rider to paraplegic woodworker. Being Caucasian in multi-ethnic Laupahoehoe, he discusses discrimination and pidgin English use. He recalls watching the incoming 1946 tidal wave from the road above the school and witnessing the death and destruction that followed.
iron worker, airplane mechanic; Caucasian; male
Interview conducted in English.

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Ethnic Relations, Natural Disasters, North Hilo (district)

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/30362

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20 pages

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Honolulu, Oahu

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DU629 .H28 T78 2000

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Tsunamis Remembered: Oral Histories of Survivors and Observers in Hawai‘i