Garfield, our driver (and despite the name is actually a native Hawaiian) regaled us with local and personal history both, on our drive to Pearl Harbor. As he tells it, his father at 8 years old followed the low-flying Zeros that passed over his house, and for four hours witnessed the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the other two military bases that were targeted. He also explained the reason for his name, that for 100 years up to 1967, due to missionary influence it was against the law for Hawaiians to give their children native names due to their difficulty.
A very entertaining and interesting man.
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