Claim: Kahoʻolawe is where the military prepared for assults on islands in the Western Pacific like New Guinea and also where the military and navy trained after WWII.
Evidence: Thousands of soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and coastguardsmen prepared on KahoÊ»olawe for the brutal and costly assaults on islands such as the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, the Marianas and Pelileu, New Guinea, et cetera, in the Western Pacific. Military and naval training on KahoÊ»olawe continued following World War II.