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to death heroic natveswho didn't know that the
United States and Japan at
Credit for uncovering this unusual story to Blake
Clark University of Hawaii professor who tells it in his
book Remember Pearl Harbor,'' recently published by
Modern Age
The thrilling drama was enacted on the tiny and isolated
island of Nhau 40 miles from Honolulu on which some
200 peace-loving natives live Except for weekly supply
boat Nhau has contact with the outside world So
the Japs carried their treacherous OF
Pearl Harbor Niihau had way of knowing that the
United States at when early the afternoon of
December z, single scatter fighter plane, apparently
crippled in dogfgh pancaked in for crash landing
native Hawa Kaeohano out of his house and found
pilot lying ship
Hawia spotting the Rising Sun emblem the arcrafts
wings was Immediately suspicious and while the flyer was
still dazed he took pistol and papers When
the pilot to- he in of the islanders homes
and it there that two Japanese who had lived
Niihau for many years and talked the pilots language,
welcomed him behalf Of the village
After resting for two days and nights, well fed and
cared for the aviator began to figure how he could get
of there One of the Japanese natives named Harada
told him supply that from Kauai 80
miles away every Friday. The pilot knew that when
the boat back to Kauai it would his story and
American soldiers would come to get him
He plotted how capture this motorboat apparently
to get away Japaneseowned Caroline Islands and
the Nhau Japanese that it their duty
to the Emperor to help him escape.
Harada ordered to find the pistol which Hawa had
taken the pilot and Shntani the second of the Nihau
japanese get back the papers-apparently maps
which the Hawaiian had taken from the pilot.
Hawia who still suspicious, refused to give up
ordered Shntani out of the house little later
Hawla looked of his window and Harada, the
pilot a Hawaiian youth approaching. The pilot was
urging young along with gun at his back
Quickly Hawa his back door the village
searched his house but could not find the
papers Then the fier went TO his plane got his machine
gun TO the village where he suddenly opened
fire of homes The terrorized villagers
fled woods and beach Apparently was the
pilots plan to clean out the village he could seize the
supply boat when it locked
night the Japanese had fired Hawias house
and the wrecked plane Hawia and five other Hawaans
ran across clearing barn and despite hail of
gun fire they rounded some horses and rode
Is miles TO the beach at Xii where an emergency whale
boat Law Showing off the rowed 3O-mles TO Kauai
where they told their story Immediately Army authorities
dispatched a squad to Niihau
While the brave Hawaans still rowing the two
Japanese found a brawny Hawaiian named Benjamin
his wife in of the caves where they had
been hiding forced him help search for Hawia But
Benjamin his friend had escaped in the whaeboat but
he pretended to Finally the pilot realized that he
was on a wild goose chase and he yelled with rage
He is going shoot you and everyone the island
II YOU do not find Hawila" said Harada transatng the
the angry pilot The aviator carried shotgun he
had stolen of the natives homes-the only fire
arm on the standard second pistol In one boot
At a signal from the pilot, Harada handed him some
cartridges while the passed him the shotgun At
that very the sx-foot Kanahee jumped the pilot
and ms wife also leaped in.
The struggling pilot pulled his pistol boot and
fired into Kanaheles ribs But the husky Hawaiian
kept right smuggling The pilot shot again striking Kama
bele in the hip A third bullet lodged his groin
Then" said Kanahele later I got mad"
In his rage the gigantic Hawaiian picked up the pilot
bodily and dashed him against stone cliff knocking him
senseess the angry native wheeled on Harada The
little Japanese nth coumnst realizing that the jig was
IN placed the shotguns muzzle against his stomach,
and fired.
When Kanahele turned again to the pilot, he found
his wife kneeing the intruder bashng in his head
with a big rock
she was plenty mad that woman he said "she
beat that pilots brains ana she did good Job
Despite three pistol bullets his body. big Kama
hele walked back TO the village leaving the two dead
Japanese behind and the next morning Hawa arrived
,,,tb tho American soldiers.