Hawaii Goes to War: The Aftermath of Pearl Harbor [Paperback]

Wilbur D., Jr. Jones (Author), Carroll Robbins Jones (Author), Wilbur D. Jones (Author)

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Publication Date: April 23, 2001

For six months following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii rearmed and awaited the inevitable. Patricia O'Meara Robbins, a professional photographer, documented everyday life as the shocked Oahu community recovered from one attack and prepared for another. In Hawaii Goes to War, the Joneses skillfully interweave Carroll's childhood remembrances and her mother's photographs with the history of the fleet salvage operations that enabled the navy to take on the Japanese armed forces. They follow the war from Pearl Harbor to the battles of the Coral Sea that led up to the triumph of Midway.

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"offers a unique look at how the military and civilians on the island coped with the crisis." -- Bookpage, June 2001

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Hawaii Goes to War contains over one hundred powerful photographs and many never-before-told stories of those fateful months after the attack on Peal Harbor.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company (April 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572492600
• ISBN-13: 978-1572492608
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > History > Military > Pictorials

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful photographs, July 4, 2001

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Frank J. Konopka (Shamokin, PA) - See all my reviews
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With the release of the new movie "Pearl Harbor", there is heightened interest in the events that began our involvement in World War II. This short work fills some of that knowledge gap, and it's crammed full of wonderful photographs taken by the female author's mother while she lived in the islands in 1941 and 1942. There is nothing like a photo to add realism to a text, and both aspects of this work complement each other. There is a lot of text that gives an overview of what happened on the islands directly after the attack, and how life changed for the residents. The bonus is that we are also given a first person account of that life by Carroll Jones, the daughter of the taker of those excellent photos. This is the type of book you will want to savor over the years, and the photos will keep it ever new in your mind and memory.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough social history, February 20, 2003

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This book is essentially a manuscript of memoirs, (the impression I had was a thesis) written by the daughter of a Naval officer stationed at Pearl. The day-to-day details of pre-war life in Hawaii (considered an exotic location to most Americans in the early '40s) are well described. The civilian impressions of post-attack Honolulu are also the strengths of this work. The book is less successful as it attempts to describe the progress of the war. It probably would have been better to relate the war news "as heard" at the time, and the ups and downs of civilian morale dealing with the news, and the thousands of servicemen descending on the islands.
All in all, a fairly good read, but not an in-depth memoir of civilian life in wartime Hawaii.

5.0 out of 5 stars Personal account of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, March 16, 2011

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The book is a narrative from the writers POV and feelings and life during this period of time. It covers aspects I feel only a person living and experiencing life in Honolulu during the attack on Pearl Harbor can elaborate on. We've read in history books what have happened, read first person narratives of adults during this time but you read about a young childs POV and that is very interesting, very rare. The honesty of the writers family life I can a appreciate and thank her for expressing. Great photo book, pictures, captions, very informative.

I feel this is a great first person POV book as well as GREAT literature for photos and detail regarding Hawaii during this period of time.