Na Mana'o Aloha O Kaho'olawe
Ritte Jr, Walter / Sawyer, Richard
This republication of Nā Manao Aloha o Kahoolawe, the diaries of Walter Ritte Jr. and Richard Sawyer, preserves and perpetuates a piece of Hawai'i history for future generations. Written in 1977, the diaries are a day-to-day record of their thoughts and reflections when the two men occupied the island of Kahoʻolawe for thirty-five days, using their bodies as shields to stop the bombing and desecration of the island by the US military. One of t...