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    A Boy At War

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    The title of my book is A Boy At War which is a novel of Pearl Harbor. The author of my book is Harry Mazer. The setting of A Boy At War was located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The time period of the book was December 7, 1941 and around the attack on Pearl Harbor. The main characters in this book is Adam Pelko, His father Emory Pelko, Marilyn Pelko, and Bea Pelko. Adam is a high school student, a military kid, good at sports, lives in New York, and has dark hair. Adam's father is Emory who is a Lieutenant

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    Pauahi Bishop, wife of Charles R. Bishop, of Honolulu, Island of Oahu made her last will and testament to help the Hawaiian Islands built their schools and educate their children. She also provides for other individuals in her will. First she bestow unto six of her namesakes two hundred dollars each. One of them was E. Bernice Bishop Dunham who was her husband nice. I was not sure if they were all related to her husband or just children of her friends or from her side of the family that where named after

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    The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom led to Hawaii being annexed to the United States. The overthrow involved many people and groups who supported Hawaii being annexed, such as Lorrin Thurston and The Committee of Safety. However, there were also many people who were against it including, Robert Wilcox, James Blount, and Aloha Aina. The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom happened on January 17, 1893, where the provisional government took over and declared martial law in Hawaii. The Hawaiian Kingdom

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    Hawaii, Honolulu, is where most tourist visits because it is the most advertised. Although, Honolulu is not appealing to me, I would visit the island named Hawai’i (also known as the Big Island) which has many more activities with sights to see. The state of Hawaii has been trying to preserve their islands as much as possible. Some of the natural beaches are made up of rock formed from the volcano. Since the volcano is active native people and tourists are not allowed to take some rocks from the

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    O Ahu Case Study

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    The rail that is currently being built on the island of Oahu is still under construction and is experiencing an 18 months delay due to lawsuits and cost overruns. The last thing that this island needs right now is another thing that contributes to the heavy traffic. The rail project has been in motion for quite some time now but there is still little to no evidence of it completing any time soon. The reasons why the rail has not yet to finished is because of fiscal issues and decrease of values.

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    Wwii 442nd Battalion

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    WW II 442nd Battalion “Four-Forty-Second Infantry / We're the boys of Hawai'i nei / We'll fight for you / And the Red, White and Blue, And go to the front. / And back to Honolulu-lulu. / Fighting for dear old Uncle Sam / Go for broke! / HOOH! / We don't give a damn! / We'll round up the Huns / At the point of our guns, / And vict'ry will be ours! / GO FOR BROKE! / FOUR-FOUR-TWO! / GO FOR BROKE! / FOUR-FOUR-TWO! And vict'ry will be ours!” (442nd Unit Fight Song). Just as many historical songs

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    arguments with other players and the people outside of the game,so he always just tried to avoid them. Daisy Junor had to wear skirts when they played and they would always get scratches gatches and bruises when they slid to bases , and most of them was tomboys so they weren’t really wanting to wear those and they were living in and out of suitcases and they left almost every other day. Daisy had just wanted to just go home and eat some homemade mash potatoes from her family. They both just had problems

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    Descriptive Vacation

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    On a hot summer day when my family and I were finally going to Hawaii I was the first one to have all my bags packed and to be out the door. I waited in the car for my family by watching my favorite youtuber on my phone. I was losing my patience because my parents were taking forever. “Mom! Dad! Hurry we need to be at the airport at one thirty and it’s already twelve o clock! My luggage is already in the car! We need to hurry if we want to get to our hotel in time. We have to check in by 6:00 or

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    tell if the men on horses are just riding or going to deliver a message. However, it finally turns out to be some sort of a hunt for people infected with leprosy. This is life in O’ahu. State officials capture those believed to have leprosy and banish them to the island of the lepers (Molokai). The fate of a girl who is captured during this hunt and taken to Honolulu to be examined by a doctor. The imagery during the examination a little disturbing. Two men in a room with a young girl wearing

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    Hawaii Essay

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    was first inhabited about two thousand years ago. A.     Polynesians from Marquesas Island was the first to live there. 1.     They were short. 2.     About 800 years later, another group of Polynesians from Tahiti also came to reside in Hawaii. 3.     They were tall. B.     Honolulu has the only royal palaces in the United States. 1.     King Kalakaua

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