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labor. Albert F. Ellis gives interesting notes concerning this period in 
‘'Adventuring in Coral Seas.” 
American colonists were established on Howland, March 30, 193$,. 
from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Itasca. The airfield is called Kama* 
kaiwi Field to do honor to a veteran colonist of this period. 
Howland Island came into prominence in 1937, through the world 
flight attempted by Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred J. Noonan. 
In March the Shoshone hastened to Howland, where work was rushed 
to complete the airfield, under the supervision of Robert Campbell, so that 
the fliers might land there on the flight between Oahu and Lae, New 
Guinea. An accident during the take-off at Wheeler Field, March 19, 
prevented the flight at that time. 
In June the fliers made a successful trip in the opposite direction as 
far as Lae, from which they took off for Howland on July 2, but did not 
arrive. During the next few weeks numerous vessels combed the area, 
but no trace of the fliers has been found. The lighthouse on Howland 
has been called Amelia Earhart Light. 
