Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

Directed by Carolina Gratianne

Samuel Wilder King led a life of service. First, he was in uniform during WWI and WWII, he worked to minimize the internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii, and after the war, he was one of the driving forces behind making Hawaii the 50th State of the Union.

Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood
  • Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

    Directed by Carolina Gratianne

    Samuel Wilder King led a life of service. First, he was in uniform during WWI and WWII, he worked to minimize the internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii, and after the war, he was one of the driving forces behind making Hawaii the 50th State of the Union.

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