Publication

2016 - Boyo Press

Language

English

Word Count

22,000 words, Guess

Page Count

88 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780991619818
  • ISBN-100991619811
  • OCLC Control Number935195085
  • Better World Books9780991619818
  • Open LibraryOL28819039M

Classifications

  • LCCTR820.5

Description

For the thousands of US sailors bound for the Pacific theatre of World War II, the Hawaiian Islands were the staging ground for an unknown fate. Their perception of Honolulu as a tropical paradise quickly deflated upon their arrival. Classic 1940s images of Hawaiian hula girls complement scrapbook photos of jaunty, uniformed sailors touring the island on a motorcycle or playing pool. Young women masquerading as bonafide hula girls pose with sailors in photobooth arcades, a ritual that for many would be the last human embrace before being deposited onto the battefield.

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