Paint a Bullseye On It - The Target Island of Kahoolawe Hawaii

Of the eight islands in the main Hawaiian group, Kahoolawe is the smallest.

Here are a few facts about the island:

Nickname: "The Target Island" because it was used for bombing practice by the US during World War II.

Size: 45 Square Miles

Highest Point: Pi'u Moa'ulanui, at 1,477 feet

Population: 0

Kahoolawe is the only one of the Hawaiian Islands with no permanent population. Less than 7 miles away from Maui, the island did have a native population during pre-European times.
In 1925, the US Army Air Corps began using the island for military exercises, and on December 8 1941 (the day after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor), the US took the island over for use as a bombing range. For several decades thereafter, the island served as a target.

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