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Some
readers will instantly understand the bonds between these
two cities, who have been sister cities since June 15, 1959.
Honolulu
is the site of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December
7, 1941 and Hiroshima is the site of the first atomic bomb
dropped on August 6, 1945. The first brought the
United States into World War II and the second, along with
a second atomic attack on Nagasaki, forced the surrender of
the Japanese to end the war.
More
than the horrors of war and strong desire for world peace
binds the cities, however. During the late 19th century
and into the 20th century, Japanese laborers were contracted
to work on Hawaii's sugar plantations. Many decided
to stay on in the islands rather than return to Japan.
Some of them were from Hiroshima.
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