They weren't living there permanently. My grandfather was on a limited
engagement as a geologist, but as I understood my mother (and at some point I
can check this with my aunt, who is still around) they returned not long before
the war. Of course my mother may have been making a dramatic point. She was
kinda known for that.
--Bob
On Jan 12, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Interesting tidbits... especially about your mom's family moving due to
> the looming war clouds. That's the first time I've ever heard that some
> people there feared a coming war enough to move out.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 1/12/2013 3:49 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> On similar subject, I just read somewhere--maybe Facebook--a piece by
>> Paul Thoreaux about the quirks and oddities of a haole transplant
>> living in Hawaii. Very interesting read. As side of the islands I was
>> completely unfamiliar with. (My mother lived there for three years in
>> the years leading up to World War II. In fact, her family moved back
>> to the mainland because of looming war clouds. My grandfather was a
>> geologist doing research on the several live volcanos extant on the
>> islands.)
>
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