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The Pacific Tsunami Museum first opened its doors on June
17,1998. Have you visited since then? You will be surprised by the radical changes
made to the former First Hawaiian Bank on Kamehameha Avenue.
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You will notice that within the museum several places have been prepared for future
exhibits. A bank of computers linking all websites dealing with tsunamis and touch
monitors in the various exhibit areas will provide audio and visual presentations by
survivors.
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When we first presented the Laupahoehoe exhibit last April, we received favorable comments
from visitors that the most popular feature of the exhibit was the survivor stories shown
on the touch screen monitors. Because of the generosity of spirit of the tsunami
survivors, we have invaluable history lessons. We would like to acknowledge the many
interviewees on Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Molokai and Oahu. They are:
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Thomas S. Abel Jr., Tenille Ah Choy, Frances C. Akana, Betty Neary Alberts, Jimmy Bal,
Bennet Baldwin, Rudy Bissen, David Branch, Roseline Brito, Laurence Cacabelos, Susie C.
Capello, Ivy Carbonell, Donn Carlsmith, James L. Carroll, Tony Chandler, Harry C. Chuck,
Lucille Chung, Robert B. Coulter, Doak Cox, Helen S. Davis, Frank DeCaires, William B.
Dunbar, Roland Enos, Lindsay A. Faye Jr., Violet and Toribio Francisco, Agnes Frietas,
Bunji Fujimoto, Hobey W. Goodale, Nancy S. Goodale, Anna Goodhue, Harry Hasegawa, Annie T.
Hashimoto, Thomas Hashimoto, Willie Choy Hee, Floyd Hoopii, Keola Hueo, Mary Hughes,
Lawrence Ignacio, Taiji Inamasu, Victor Jardine, Jeanne B. Johnston, Jared Kaholokula,
Henry Kahula, Jackie Kahula, Matthew Kalalau Sr., John Kalikikane Sr., Samuel Kalilikane
Sr., Elizabeth Napua Kaupu, Toshimi Kodani, Edwin Lelepali, Mary Lindauer, Walter
Lindauer, Mona Malani, Gabriel Manning, Otto S. Meyer, Wallace Miyahira, Leroy Mollena,
Winifred Naehu, Lawrence Nakagawa, Henry Nalaielua, Herbert Nishimoto, Eddie Oliveira, Mae
Omuro, Richard Omuro, Harry Pahukoa Jr., Leimomi Pedro, Sam Pedro, Judge Martin Pence,
Leonie K.L. Poy, Nicholas Ramos, Arthur H. Rice Jr., Robert Richardson, Charles Rose,
Hisao Sato, Joan Shaw, Spencer Skipper, Steve Skipper, Linda K.A. Sproat, Helen Tamashiro,
John K. Teves, Helen Troy von Tempsky, Richard S. Ushijima, Charles Van Gieson, Hobron Van
Gieson ll, Lenore Van Gieson, Tom Wright, Jan P. Wysard, Ronald Yamaoka, Teru Yasuda,
Martha Cook Yim, and Olivia Pauline.
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A special thank you to our interviewers: Jeanne Branch Johnston, Michael Childers, Walt Dudley, Peter Dease, and Carrie and Harry Luke-Knotts, who helped on special projects.
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Upon completion of each new exhibit, excerpts from these extraordinary stories will be shared.
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Mahalo to all the oral history interviewees.
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Let us not forget.
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All materials © Copyright 1996-2007 Pacific Tsunami Museum Inc.
130 Kamehameha Ave Hilo, HI 96720 tel: 808-935-0926 FAX: 808-935-0842
email:
Last Revised November 2007
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