The Federal government authorized an emergency evacuation of 60,000 civilians from Honolulu to the mountain areas of Oahu. The remaining 160,000 persons were to remain scattered through the well spaced residential district. (Honolulu Advertiser, December 10, 1941)
Molly R. Kenny, then a young housewife living in Aiea Heights, could see Pearl Harbor and Ford Island from her window. She and a few friends decided it was safer to hide in a cane field about 100 yards away. But half way to the fields, a shell hit nearby. Some of her friends went back to their houses, but Molly stayed in the field for most of the day.
Women in World War II Hawaii
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