The Niihau Incident: Loyalty and Betrayal After Pearl Harbor

Hello and welcome to World War 2 Stories. I'm your host, Steve Matthews. Today, we're exploring a remarkable but lesser-known drama that unfolded in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor – a tense six-day saga on Hawaii's "Forbidden Island" that would test loyalties, lead to bloodshed, and ultimately influence America's controversial decision to intern Japanese Americans during the war.This is the story of the Niihau Incident – when the global conflict literally crash-landed on one of America's most isolated communities and forced its residents to make life-or-death decisions that would reverberate throughout the war.