Dolores Martinez correction

I often get personal correspondence and questions about women in World War II Hawaii, including a request from MSNBC that I will admit, had me honored. I am a librarian and I work hard to get my facts straight, but sometimes, we all slip. One of those times an egregious error in referring to Dolores Martinez as a woman. Dolores Martinez was a Merchant Mariner who was killed December 1941. I interrepted that as meaning she was the first woman who was in service to her country who was killed during World War II. Not so! Dolores Martinez did give a life to his country, but Dolores was a man. His niece, an active duty soldier, informed me of the error. We both informed the Merchant Marine Museum Association to make the correction on their page. As today, we all, each of us, owe a debt to those men and women who serve in the military. I apologize for the mix up and I'm glad we were able to correct it. I also get a question about the source of photos. Almost all photos, including the Lei Sellers are from the University of Hawaii War Records Depository. This can be accessed online at the Hamilton Library of University of Hawaii Archives. To all, my thanks. Aloha Y'all, Dee

I'll be seeing you, Aloha

It's time to close this blog.

I offer my last post, a link to a film captured by Naval Officer Richard Sullivan on VJ Day and I encourage you to visit all of his websites.

Aloha, until we meet again.

Dee Buckingham

Here is the text for Sullivan's VJ Day film:65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender. Kodachrome 16mm film: God Bless Kodachrome, right? I was able to find an outfit (mymovietransfer.com) to do a much superior scan of this footage to what I had previously posted, so I re-did this film and replaced the older version There are more still images from this amazing day, in color, at discoveringhawaii.com

http://vimeo.com/5645171

http://vimeo.com/5645171