The US Navy detonated five hundred tons of TNT in each of three explosions on the southwestern tip of Kahoʻolawe in Operation Sailor Hat (1965) simulating an atomic bomb blast to test its effect on communications and ships anchored offshore.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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