​Memorial Day: A Time to Remember

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Funeral picture for Onso Chinen, Private from the 100th Battalion, in front of the Hakalau Jodo Mission
The Hakalau Jodo Mission hosts Memorial Day ceremonies at the Hakalau Veterans Memorial Park each year. Current and former residents and relatives of those killed in military conflict gather to show respect and celebrate our community life.  

We remember and honor those boys and men from Hakalau to Ninole who gave their lives in:
World War 1:
Thomas Smith
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World War 2:
Pvt. Onso Chinen
Sgt. Hiroyuki Hiramoto
Cpl. Isamu Ikeda
Pvt. Yasuo Kaneshiro
Pfc. Yositaka Kataoka
Pfc. Satoshi Masuoka
Pfc. Toshiaki Morimoto
Pfc. Hiroshi Motoishi
Pvt. Saburo Nakazato
Sgt. Masayoshi Ogata
Pvt. Eishun Soken
Sgt. Ronald K. Takara

Korean Conflict:
Pfc. Jun Matsushige
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Vietnam War:
Sgt. Lester W. Alipio
Spc. Bobby J. Barcena​

Updates as of May 25, 2019

Yesterday: Today: ​​ Tomorrow:​​​
  • Updated Arsenic Remediation includes a 1967 aerial photo of the poison shed, a 2014 aerial photo of a cliff failure near the site of the former poison shed, and an update on requirements and current status of remediation efforts.
  • Updated  Cliff Failures with updated background information and both aerial and ocean-based views of the cliffs between Kolekole and Mile Marker 20 in Ninole--new photos added 
  • Updated Ninole Development (Mile Marker 19) with new pictures

New Year's Resolutions for hakalauhome

New Year's Resolution #1:  Expand historical information about the former Hakalau Plantation using newspaper sources. 

​New Year's Resolution #2: Track and explain the sale of lands [within the Hakalau Kuleana* to sugar interests after the Great Māhele and the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.

​New Year's Resolution #3: Quantify and describe the demographic changes over time in the Hakalau Kuleana*.

* For this website, the Hakalau Kuleana is defined as the area within the boundaries of the former Hakalau Plantation from the Kolekole River in Wailea to the Poupou Stream in Ninole. This is approximately from the 14 Mile Marker to the 20 Mile Marker.

Why we created hakalauhome.com

Creating hakalauhome.com is our way of showing our respect for those who came before us, to build upon the history and share it broadly, and to showcase the collective effort of residents of Hakalau today.
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