12/15/2023 0 Comments Katherine + u.s. navy + world war 2![]() 2 In 1931 she married David Kamakaikolia Kauhi with whom she had two sons, David and Joseph. Katherine Lowe was born Katherine Ah Lan in Iwilei, Hawai‘i in 1915 to Mary Kailipala Chong and Ching Tong Chong, who raised her in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1 She had supported the war, transitioning from factory work to shipyard work as many civilian women did, filling positions previously held by men, but only after the infamous 1941 attack, not during it. It appeared in newspapers, magazines, and history books such as Fit to Fight: Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (1908–2008) for decades before Lowe saw it for the first time on the sixtieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and corrected the record. The striking photo of Katherine Ah Lan Lowe and four other women looking determined as they hold a powerful fire hose steady in the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is familiar to many as an image of female heroism in World War II. ![]() Katherine Lowe and four other women training with fire hose, from left to right: Elizabeth Moku, Alice Cho, Katherine Lowe, and Hilda Van Gieson, ca.
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