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In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, award-winning author Dorinda Nicholson is releasing her book "Pearl Harbor Child" in ebook!

Years ago, I was told by a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivor's Association that I was too young to remember the attack, and I couldn't have been a civilian survivor of Pearl because, "there were no civilians, much less children, living inside the Harbor." He was wrong. I was there with my family, not on a burning ship, but close enough to see the burning ships anchored near our home.

Today, I still vividly remember watching the attack, I vividly remember the events, and I still remember his doubting comments. At first, I felt discounted and hurt by his skepticism. But now I am grateful. Grateful that it prompted me to ask lots of questions, do some research, and then write Pearl Harbor Child.

His doubting comment encouraged me to search for books, memoirs, and articles that might support the fact that civilians did indeed live in Pearl. When I couldn't find any, I began to doubt myself. The evidence that there was a neighborhood of civilians on the Pearl City Peninsula unexpectedly surfaced on a map taken from the dead body of a Japanese mini-submarine pilot. His map targeted the position of each ship in the harbor, and also detailed something else: the streets of our small civilian community on the peninsula, including Jean Street, where we lived and where I grew up.

December 7, 1941 is "a date that will live in infamy," according to President Roosevelt's famous speech. And for me, and thousands of others, it's true. Each year on that date, my thoughts always turn back to that incredible Sunday when bombs fell on Pearl Harbor.

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Date de parution	21 février 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781456603540
Langue	English

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PEARL HARBOR CHILD
A Child’s Eyewitness View of Pearl Harbor
from Attack to Peace
with Eyewitness Stories from
USS Enterprise • USS Nevada
USS Utah • USS West Virginia
Shipyard Worker • Japanese-American Neighbors
by
Dorinda Makanaonalani
Stagner Nicholson
designed and illustrated by
Larry Nicholson

Revised Edition, includes stories of other survivors, both military and civilian
Copyright ©2011 Dorinda M. Nicholson, all rights reserved
Web Site: www.pearlharborchild.com

Published in eBook format by eBookIt.com
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-0354-0

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

Summary
Dorinda Nicholson, a primary source, tells her personal account of witnessing the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the events that followed, including blackouts, rationing, air raid drills, gas masks, censorship, martial law, wartime currency, and finally, peace. Her unique experience is enjoyable reading for all ages, telling the story from a civilian point of view, written by a woman, through the eyes of a child.

FOR ORDERS OR AUTHOR VISITS (in-person or SKYPE)
www.pearlharborchild.com
Dorinda@pearlharborchild.com
or 1-816-356-6375

Also by the author:

Pearl Harbor Child DVD
Dorinda shows a group of Hawaii students where she lived and describes what happened during the attack. Other survivors, military and civilian, tell their stories on-camera, blended with action footage of the attack.

“Child” Teacher’s Resource Guide
30 Pages, spiral bound

Pearl Harbor Warriors—the Bugler, the Pilot, the Friendship
(Both Book and DVD formats)
The true story of an American Marine and a Japanese dive- bomber pilot, whose paths crossed during the Pearl Harbor attack—a moving account from hatred to friendship.

“Warriors” Teacher’s Resource Guide
30 Pages, spiral bound

“Remember World War II - Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories”
National Geographic, 2005

Awards
International Reading Association best non-fiction award
Warriors DVD —American Library Association “Notable DVD” award

DEDICATION:
Me ke aloha no . . .

Dedicated with the deepest aloha
to the memory of my mother,
Pansy Ka'ulaleianaikaohukalehua Akona,
and to her nine grandchildren

Jeff (Makalapa)
Greg (Ka Leo)
Andy (Akona)
Ryan (Ka’ula)
Ishmael III (Ke Alii)
David (Ke Aloha)
Brandon (Ke Koa)
Sean (Ka U’i)
Carmael (Makanaonalani)

Dorinda Makanaonalani Stagner Nicholson

FOREWORD
Dorinda and I first met on a misty, rainy morning in Hawaii. We were co-presenters, sharing a microphone as we told the story of December 7th for a shipboard audience while circling Ford Island inside Pearl Harbor. Her comments that day were from this book about a native-born child living in the harbor, and were blended with thoughts and perspectives from my military viewpoint and background. Later, our joint presentation, which began in the rain, was ended by an unforgettable double rainbow that appeared as we sailed out of the harbor.
As a WWII submarine commander and later an author of books about war and military history, I have always been fascinated with Pearl Harbor and what happened there. But until I met Dorinda that day, my knowledge of the attack was based on media reports and writings by other military authors and military reports, the reminiscences of naval persons who were there.
Dorinda's story is different, unique, and remained untold for fifty years, until she wrote this book. At the time of the attack, she was only six years old, but her memories are unforgettable, and Pearl Harbor Child duly chronicles those of her family and some of her friends as well—intense and personal at the same time.
She and her family lived on the Pearl City Peninsula, just across the channel from Ford Island, where lay the moorings of the aircraft carriers and battleships. The old battleship Utah was only a few hundred yards from her house. Standing in her front yard, she watched the Japanese torpedo planes scream past at treetop level, strafing her street on their way to attack the American ships anchored peacefully in the harbor. The attacking planes flew so low she could clearly see the goggles on the pilot's faces.
Turning back to look at her house, she saw incendiary bullets skitter across it as parts of the roof caught fire. Not knowing what to do, her father gathered his family into their '39 black Ford, and drove through the smokefilled streets away from the harbor into the nearby sugarcane fields, where they hid, fearing a Japanese invasion.
She tells us about watching our ships burn in the harbor, and later digging bullets out of her kitchen wall, and what it was like to carry a gas mask everywhere. Dorinda not only provides us with a child's unsophisticated view—from the vantage point of a half a century later, her book also enriches that account with today's deeper understanding.
The original intended audience for this book was children, but to me, the most compelling fact is that it is multigenerational. Today, millions of Americans still have personal family connections to WWII. Pearl Harbor Child will help them strengthen those connections, while giving today's children a first-person account of an event that changed the world.

Capt. Edward L. Beach US Navy (retired)
Author of
''Run Silent, Run Deep"
''Submarine!"
''Scapegoats-A Defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor"
''Around the World Submerged"
''The Wreck of the Memphis"
''Keepers of the Sea"
''Salt and Steel"
and many others

Acknowledgments
This book may never have gotten to press without the support of the Arizona Memorial Museum Association. I am indebted to Gary Beito, who brought the concept of Pearl Harbor Child to the attention of the Association. It was through his enthusiasm and encouragement and belief that my story needed to be told, that this book became a reality.
My appreciation also goes to those generous individuals who shared their personal photography collections: DeSoto Brown, Abel L. Dolim, and Senator Daniel K. Inouye. Photographs and /or historical props were also provided by the Hawaii State Archives, Bishop Museum, U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii, Hawaii War Records Depository at the University of Hawaii, with much help from James Cartwright, Johnson County Museum System, National Archives, Harry S. Truman Library, and, of course, the USS Arizona Memorial Photo Archives, National Park Service. Also, a note of thanks to Mom and Dad for taking many of the snapshots that found a home inside this book.
Finally, the person most responsible for the completion of this book is my husband, Larry. His creativity shines through in the illustrations, typesetting, editing, and the overall design. He was the one who spent many long and late hours molding my words and weaving illustrations onto the printed page. For his talents, his help, and his love, I am eternally grateful.

D.M.N.

INTRODUCTION
Years ago, I was told by a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivor’s Association that I was too young to remember the attack, and I couldn’t have been a civilian survivor of Pearl because, “there were no civilians, much less children, living inside the Harbor.” He was wrong. I was there with my family, not on a burning ship, but close enough to see the burning ships anchored near our home.
Today, I still vividly remember watching the attack, I vividly remember the events, and I still remember his doubting comments. At first, I felt discounted and hurt by his skepticism. But now I am grateful. Grateful that it prompted me to ask lots of questions, do some research, and then write Pearl Harbor Child .
His doubting comment encouraged me to search for books, memoirs, and articles that might support the fact that civilians did indeed live in Pearl. When I couldn’t find any, I began to doubt myself. The evidence that there was a neighborhood of civilians on the Pearl City Peninsula unexpectedly surfaced on a map taken from the dead body of a Japanese mini-submarine pilot. His map targeted the position of each ship in the harbor, and also detailed something else: the streets of our small civilian community on the peninsula, including Jean Street, where we lived and where I grew up.
December 7, 1941 is “a date that will live in infamy,” according to President Roosevelt’s famous speech. And for me, and thousands of others, it’s true. Each year on that date, my thoughts always turn back to that incredible Sunday when bombs fell on Pearl Harbor.
As in earlier editions, my story begins with a Hawaiian legend. It shall be no different with this edition, because I want you to know the harbor before the bombs fell.

D.M.N.

A Pearl Harbor Legend: The Little Yellow Shark
Ka’ehu iki mano o Pu’uloa
Ka’ehu was a little yellow shark whose home was in the clear and gentle waters of the Bay of Pu’uloa, known today as Pearl Harbor. The bay was a quiet, peaceful spot in those faraway days when only outrigger canoes were seen, and where the children of Hawaii played along the shores.
Now, although Ka’ehu’s family spoke of him as the little yellow shark, he was not so small. But he was called little because he was young in years. Yes, Ka’ehu was young and also strong, but he was also old with wisdom, for he was a descendant of the shark-god Kamailiili, who had given him wonderful magic powers and had made him very wise.
Ka’ehu had many friends and playmates in the big bay, but sometimes he was filled with longing for his childhood home off the Puna coast on the southern end of the big island of Hawaii. One day he grew so homesick that he called his shark friends together and told them he was going back to visit his old home. They decided to go with him, and so b