Hank Soboleski, Island History
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Prior to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Ni‘ihau had long been a peaceful home to its 130 Hawaiian residents, virtually unknown to the outside world, and was only rarely visited by invited off-island guests of Aylmer and Lester Robinson, its owners.

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