Wailuku, HI

Interviewee Collection Sort descending Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Basil and Sally Oshiro Hawai‘i Bottomfish Heritage Project

Oral history interview with Basil and Sally Oshiro.

Bob Moffitt Wailuku, HI NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Layne Nakagawa Hawai‘i Bottomfish Heritage Project

Oral history interview with Layne Nakagawa.

Bob Moffitt Wailuku, HI NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Maui Cooperative Fishing Association Hawai‘i Bottomfish Heritage Project

Group interview with the next generation of the Maui Cooperative Fishing Association.

Bob Moffitt Wailuku, HI NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Melvin Lopez, Jr. Hawai‘i Bottomfish Heritage Project

Group interview with the next generation of the Maui Cooperative Fishing Association

Bob Moffitt Wailuku, HI NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Nash Kobayashi Hawai‘i Bottomfish Heritage Project

Oral history interview with Nash Kobayashi and Ralph Takafuji.

Bob Moffitt Wailuku, HI NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Richard Omuro Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories

Born in Spreckelsville, a man recalls life in Camp 3. He talks about attending English-standard Kaunoa School and how it fared in the 1946 tsunami. He describes how his family drove down to Lahaina to help an aunt and uncle whose business was destroyed. Also includes his eyewitness account of tidal wave behavior.

Jeanne Johnston Wailuku, HI University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History
Mae Omuro Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories

The eldest daughter of florists describes her Waiehu beachfront neighborhood. She tells of her family's escape from the 1946 tsunami and describes the receding and incoming waves. Also present at the interview is her husband Richard Omuro.

Jeanne Johnston Wailuku, 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