Adolph Kuhn, Sr.--American Hero and Survivor of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
I first met Adolph, a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, in December, 2011 at Pearl Harbor. The occasion was the 70th Anniversary...
Governor Neil Abercrombie at My Book Signing
We had perfect weather for the Waimea Cherry Blossom Festival on February 1st, and many people were at my book signing. One of the...
Carol Morris Petillo, Author of Douglas MacArthur: The Philippine Years
In January, 1942, Philippines President Manuel Quezon offered General Douglas MacArthur $500,000 as payment for his pre-war service as...
Professor Dick Davis and Shahnameh, The Persian Book of Kings
I recently finished reading Shahnameh, the great epic poem written over 1,000 years ago by Abolqasem Ferdowsi. This is considered the...
Cherry Blossom Festival in Waimea, Hawaii--and My Book Signing
This year, the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Waimea will be held on February 1st. For 20 years now, this "hanami"--or flower...
Captain Yasuji Watanabe, Staff Officer to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
In her book, Defending the Enemy: Justice for the WWII Japanese War Criminals, Elaine Fischel writes about Captain Yasuji Watanabe, Staff...
永遠の０ (Eien no Zero, or The Eternal Zero)
Several years ago, Naoki Hyakuta wrote a best-selling novel about a brother and sister's search for the truth about their grandfather, an...
