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On the recordMay 11, 2022
The military promised to return the land back to its rightful owners 6 months after World War II, but that promise was never kept.
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Kaiali'i Kahele
Democratic · Hawaii

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Kahele highlights the unfulfilled promise of land return to Native Hawaiians post-WWII.

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