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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We express our gratitude to the Hawai‘i State Legislature, the Social Science Research Institute, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, and the many individuals and organizations who have sustained our efforts for more than thirty years. We thank present and former staff at the Center for Oral History, particularly research associate Holly Yamada and former director Chad K. Taniguchi. We thank the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities for supporting this publication , in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities special initiative , “We the People.” We acknowledge Craig Howes and Stanley Schab of the Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, for their assistance. Their steady editorial guidance, advice, and support sustained this project through its months-long stopand -go progress towards completion. The expertise and work of the University of Hawai‘i Press are also noted and appreciated. The narratives printed here first appeared in the Center for Oral History’s newsletter , the Oral History Recorder, a publication largely underwritten by modest donations from hundreds of individuals who contribute year after year to the support of the Center’s work. We are very grateful for their constant support. Acknowledged also are the following organizations that generously funded individual oral history projects from which narratives were culled: Castle & Cooke, Inc. Center on the Family, University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa Civil Liberties Public Education Fund Elsie Wilcox Foundation G.N. Wilcox Trust Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities Hawai‘i Imin Shiryo Hozon Kai Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Pälama Settlement U.S. National Park Service USS Arizona Memorial And, to the interviewees, their families, and other members of our island community who entrusted the Center for Oral History with their stories, we extend a heartfelt thank you. ...

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