HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, everyday life in the islands changed dramatically.

The U.S. Military took control of the then U.S. territory and the lasting effects that continue today on one specific island.

Prior to December 7, 1941, life on the island of Kaho’olawe was peaceful, with a very small human footprint but a whole lot of livestock.

“Historically, there was goats that were used on the island, and you know, several thousand goats at one time, sheep ranching also thousands of sheep on the island and then some cattle ranching,” recalls Daviana Pomaika’i McGregor with the Protect Kaho’olawe Ohana.

Then, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and life as we know it in Hawaii changed forever.

“Well, so the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, marti

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