Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories
Interviewee Sort ascending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Winifred Naehu | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
A woman talks of being hanai or adopted in the Hawaiian custom. She speaks of her adoptive mother, a lau hala weaver. She also remembers the 1946 tsunami, which her father foresaw in a dream, and describe the damage it caused to her home. |
Jeanne Johnston | Waialua, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Wallace Miyahira | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
The son of Okinawan immigrants describes his Haiku lifestyle. After graduation from Maui High School, he worked at Maui Pine and Libby, McNeill & Libby, where he met his wife. He describes his observations of the 1946 and 1957 tsunamis. |
Jeanne Johnston | Pukalani, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Thomas Wright | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
A former Marine Corps officer describes the Spreckelsville beach neighborhood where he lived in 1946. He explains his duties inspecting the Naval Air Stations at Puunene and Kahului. He shares anecdotes and observations on the 1946 tsunami, including the ensuing damages. |
Jeanne Johnston | Kihei, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Thomas Matayoshi | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
A Molokai resident talks about fish ponds and fishing on the east side. A teenager in 1957, he watched the incoming tidal wave flow beneath him from his perch on a mangrove tree. |
Jeanne Johnston | Ho'olehua, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Taiji Inamasu | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
Haiku-born man remembers growing up in a plantation camp. A Lahaina Technical School boarder, he worked for HC&S sugar plantation after graduation. He and a coworker were working on Spreckelsville beach when the 1946 tsunami hit Maui. In their escape, he particularly recalls the roar of the incoming water. |
Jeanne Johnston | Kahului, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Sam Pedro | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
A Molokai man outlines his family background. He describes the 1946 tidal wave which displaced two east side homes. |
Jeanne Johnston | Kalua'aha, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Sam Kalilikane, Sr. | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
A man who grew up in MolokaI talks about his family background, fishing, his schooling, family life, and moving to Honolulu. He describes his experience of the 1946 tidal wave that hit the east end of Molokai. |
Jeanne Johnston | Honolulu, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Rudy Bissen | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
A man raised in Kahului's Kanaha Camp touches on his parents, schooling, and work. He retains a trace memory of tsunami flooding in Kahului. |
Jeanne Johnston | Wailuku, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Roseline Brito | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
A woman recalls her parents and growing up in Hana, Maui. She tells of moving to Molokai and meeting her husband. On the beach with family members when the 1957 tidal wave arrived, she describes the receding ocean, their getaway in a truck, and a near accident. |
Jeanne Johnston | Kaunakakai, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | |
Roland Enos | Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
A part-Hawaiian man recalls living in Kahului with his musician grandmother and businessman grandfather. Six years old on April 1, 1946, he tells of running with his grandparents from the tsunami that washed into their Kahului Beach Road home. He also outran the 1960 tsunami and witnessed the damage it caused in Kahului. |
Jeanne Johnston | Kahului, HI | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History |