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May 17th, 2021, 10:30AM / BY Katherine Fecteau
Alice Tetsuko Kono in her Women s Army Corps uniform, around 1943 (NMAH)
Alice Tetsuko Kono was cleaning her parents house in Molokai, Hawaii, when she heard the news about Pearl Harbor. Her radio began to chirp an urgent broadcast about the Japanese attack. She ran to tell her parents, and the family kept the radio on all day as more reports flowed in. That December day arguably changed the course of Kono s life, as it likely had the lives of many other young people of her generation. Just two years later, she enlisted in the Women s Army Corps and began a journey that would take her to California, Texas, Georgia, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C. The experience would test her mentally and physically and ultimately teach her one of her greatest lessons be useful. She shared her experiences in an oral history with the Veterans History Project in 2004.
The Hawaiian Journal of History is an annual journal devoted to original articles on the history of Hawai‘i, Polynesia, and the Pacific area. Each issue includes articles on a variety of subjects; illustrations; book reviews; notes and queries; and a bibliography of recent Hawaiiana titles of historical interest. Individuals may receive the journal by joining the Hawaiian Historical Society.
Editors: John Clark and Linda K. Menton
Sponsor: Hawaiian Historical Society
What It Was Really Like For Native Americans Who Traveled To Europe
By Sarah Crocker/Feb. 24, 2021 1:26 pm EDT
Much has been made of the various European-led conquests, expeditions, and contacts that deeply changed the fabric of Native American life beginning centuries ago. Whether that s Christopher Columbus arriving in what s now Puerto Rico in 1493, Vikings settling down in Canada, or any other similar tale, however, that s not the whole story. As it turns out, the Atlantic Ocean has never been a one-way only journey. Plenty of people have been moving both west and east across its waters, including quite a few Native Americans who undertook wide-ranging voyages.