The first volume of Hawaii Chronicles presented little known, yet highly interesting historical facts about Hawaii that originally appeared in the pages of Honolulu magazine, the successor to Paradise of the Pacific and the oldest continuously published regional magazine in the United States. Articles in the first volume ranged from the Islands' volcanic beginnings to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the first days of World War II.

In this new volume, Hawaii Chronicles II looks at the people that have made a difference in the Islands since World War II, including artists and writers,...

Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941--in the words of President Franklin Roosevelt, a date which will live in infamy. More than 350 Japanese bombers, fighters, and torpedo planes struck Hawai'i in two waves, sinking or disabling eighteen ships and destroying more than two hundred aircraft. Close to 2,500 American military and civilians died that morning, another 1,178 were wounded. The Hawaiian Islands had been pulled into the Pacific War and the lives of its citizens were irrevocably changed.

Hawai'i Chronicles III: World War Two in Hawai'i looks at the human and social impact of the war...