The lady in red Hawaiian shirt is a 92 year old survivor of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. She lived on MCBH during the attacks and told her story of her experiences on that day. Her name is Joedy Adams, she was 12 at the time. You can hear a rendition of her full story here. Her dad told her and her mom to escape to Honolulu. When they got to Honolulu, they crashed their car trying to avoid a bus driving on the wrong side of the road (reportedly driven by a Japanese man). They knocked on the door of the house where they crashed, and it was a Navy officer’s house. He had no idea it was happening, so he ran out the door to drive to Pearl. Crazy how they couldn’t hear it happening in Honolulu. At one point on the ride over, they pulled over because of a plane flying overhead and hid. The plane was shooting down the middle of the road. It took her dad five days to be able to communicate with them. When they finally got to go home, they drove at night without headlights to stay hidden. Her mom had to sit out the passenger side hanging her hand over the side driving around the cliffs to make sure they were still on the road.

It was cool to hear her talk. She was still very with it!

She also told a story about a spy living in her house. A friend told him this was discredited, but she still tells it like it’s true, and that no one really corrects her because it was her rendition of the day.

Oh, “Talk Story” is a common phrase in Hawaii, and it basically means to “shoot the shit” most of the time, or times like this a more specific “chat” gathering.