The Pinion Vol. 95 No. 2

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THE PINI N

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Take a trip back to 1940’s wartime Vol. 95 No. 2

Honolulu, Hawaii

December 2016

Honoring Pearl Harbor’s 75th anniversary by Anela Chavez, editor-in-chief

IN HONOR OF THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR, the Pinion Staff has compiled a few letters, pictures, stories and special messages from The Pinion archives. Dr. Miles E. Carey was the principal of McKinley High School starting in 1924. Hiromichi Kosaki was the MHS student body president during the school year 1941-1942. Kosaki published a letter in The Daily Pinion on Feb. 2, 1942, when schools resumed after the chaos following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. During this time students were enlisted to help the war effort, like the late Senator Daniel Inouye. Inouye shared his wartime story in the Feb. 25, 1942, issue of The Daily Pinion. Hawaii schools in the war years had to teach students skills not needed before. One skill was how to properly store and handle gas masks. They feared the poison gas the Japanese could release. Even babies had to wear a mask, but their masks were like bags that had bunny-like ears on top and a window to look out of. The Daily Pinion once printed a list of instructions for students. It read: 1. Always have your gas mask within reach. 2. If you must keep moving about, wear your gas mask. 3. Never allow your mask to become wet. 4. At bedtime, keep the mask within reach. This month, the Pearl Harbor Memorial site commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. Battleships like the USS Arizona still lie at the bottom of the ocean. There are also walls of names of the people who died that day. The memorial can be visited seven days a week. “A date which will live in infamy.” These words have echoed throughout history ever since President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Sunday of the bombing left Hawaii devastated and America rattled. Thousands of tin pins and buttons were distributed to remind Americans of the bombing. The pins featured red, white and blue stripes with the phrase “Remember Pearl Harbor.” Much like Sept. 11, 2001, Dec. 7 will forever be marked as a tragic event but also as a day where Americans everywhere pay tribute to those who lost loved ones or their own lives.

More on page 3. RS 17-0474, December 2016


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