Ua hala iho nei he 77 mau makahiki mai ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana a nā Kepanī i nā pūʻali kaua ʻAmelika ma Puʻuloa i ka lā 7 o Kekemapa, 1941. I ia wā, e paʻi ʻia ana hoʻokahi wale nō nūpepa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia ka Hoku o Hawaii; he nūpepa puka pule. ʻOiai ua puka ka nūpepa i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakolu, a he lāpule ka lā i hoʻouka kaua ai nā Kepanī, ʻaʻole i paʻi ʻia kekahi helu o Ka Hoku a i ka hala ʻana o 3 mau lā, i ka lā 10 o Kekemapa, 1941. Ua hala ka Puʻulena, ua laha ʻē ka nūhou, no laila ʻaʻohe ʻatikala Ka Hoku no ua hoʻouka kaua nei.
Eia kā, ua kākau nō lākou no ke kānāwai koa i kau ma luna o ka pae ʻāina a me nā loina hou e mālama ai. Ahuwale hoʻi ke “aloha ʻāina ʻAmelika” o ka mea kākau ma kēia ʻatikala. E heluhelu a e ulu ka hoi i kēia wahi hunahuna nūhou o ka wā i hala aku lā. Hiki ke nānā i ka ʻatikala ma Papakilo ma ʻaneʻi.
