Editing Niihau (section)

==The Ni{{okina}}ihau Incident==
Ni{{okina}}ihau was the site of an event not long after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] that has come to be known as the [[Niihau Incident|Ni{{okina}}ihau Incident]] (or the Battle of Ni{{okina}}ihau). On December 7, 1941, a [[Imperial Japan|Japanese]] pilot whose [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero|Zero]] had been hit crash-landed<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/pacific-plane-wrecks-amazing-pictures-of-abandoned-wwii-planes.html/attachment/4789904038_81ca14b47a_b|title=War History Online|first=Joris|last=Nieuwint|access-date=November 11, 2016|archive-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111195649/https://m.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/pacific-plane-wrecks-amazing-pictures-of-abandoned-wwii-planes.html/attachment/4789904038_81ca14b47a_b|url-status=dead}}</ref> on the island hoping to rendezvous with a rescue submarine. The pilot was apprehended and later escaped with the assistance of local Japanese residents, but he was killed shortly afterwards.<ref>The Ni{{okina}}ihau Incident serves as the backdrop for [[Caroline Paul]]'s 2006 novel ''East Wind, Rain'' ({{ISBN|0-06-078075-4}}) and the opening chapter of [[Michelle Malkin]]'s ''[[In Defense of Internment]]''.</ref>

Despite its self-imposed isolation, Ni{{okina}}ihau has a long-standing relationship with the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] dating from 1924.<ref name="khon2009" /> There is a small [[United States Navy|Navy]] installation on the island. No military personnel are permanently stationed there, but the U.S. military has used the island for training [[United States Special Operations Command|special operations]] units, which included hiring Hawaiians who live on Ni{{okina}}ihau as "enemy" trackers.<ref name="sommer">Sommer, Anthony. [http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/05/14/news/story1.html "Niihau: Opening Up."] ''[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]''. May 14, 1999.</ref>