These items, all either by or about George West, were copied from material given by Winifred West, the widow of George Nuuanu West, Sr. (May 29, 1915 - April 19, 1977). George was a writer for the Star-Bulletin at the time of his death. He was one of about 134 young men (mostly Kamehameha School students or graduates) who took part in the "settlement" of Jarvis, Howland, Baker, Canton and Enderbury islands during the period 1935-42 to help the United States assert its claims to these islands for aviation purposes. The islands never proved as important to aviation as expected, but today they seem to have renewed importance to the nation, as result of the new 200-mile economic zone which went into effect in March, 1977.

Repository: Library Collection University of Hawaii at Manoa