Word: kealakekua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grandson of Japanese immigrants, Onizuka grew up in the village of Kealakekua, on the Kona coast of Hawaii island. As a boy, he worked in the island's rich coffee fields, but his mind was on the stars, which he liked to examine through a telescope at Honolulu's Bishop Museum. The oldest of four children, Onizuka was a star athlete, an honor student and an Eagle Scout. He studied aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado in Boulder, earning undergraduate and graduate degrees. He then spent eight years as a test pilot and flight engineer with the Air Force...