Editor’s Note: The articles in this series are the result of months of research in state and national archives, on Kauaʻi, on the Big Island and in Honolulu, and within the Washingtoniana collection at Martin Luther King Jr. Library and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Key resources include congressional testimony, hearings and historical newspaper collections. As early … Continue reading How Pearl Harbor Became ‘The Nation’s Chief Pacific Outpost’