George Helm

  • Birth

    Birth

    George was born to Melanie Helm and George Helm in Kamamaa`ula.
  • Scolarship

    Scolarship

    He was recieved a scholarhip to St. Louis high school for sports in Oahu.
  • Graduation

    Graduation

    George graduated from St. Louis high school.
  • Dropped out

    Dropped out

    Dropped out of University of Hawaii to get a job.
  • Hui Alaloa

    Hui Alaloa

    Was part of creating the Hui Alaloa group. They worked on getting closed off Hawaiian lands to become open to the public once again.
  • Koho`olawe

    Koho`olawe

    Took a trip to Koho`olawe with the Hui Alaloa group.
  • Ceremonies

    Ceremonies

    Ceremonies were held on Koho`olawe.
  • PKO

    PKO

    The group PKO (protect Koho`olawe `Ohana was formed. And George became the director.
  • Protest

    Protest

    PKO protested at the state capitol, "Stop the bombing."
  • Meeting with state legislator

    George and some of the PKO members spoke to the state legislator about the bombing.
  • Request to president

    Request to president

    George requested a meeting with the United States President, Jimmy Carter. Unfortunalty he was out of the state at the time.
  • Landing

    Landing

    Three people including George were suppost to meet with two PKO members on Koho`olawe but the coast gaurd found out about the meeting and had arrested them before George and his friends got there.
  • Dissapearence

    Dissapearence

    The night of March 6th a boat was suppost to pick up the three men. But the boat had sunk in Kihei and the men had not known of this. They got on their surf boards and tried to paddle to Molokini. The only known survivor of that night was Billy Mitchell. He stated that the last time he saw George Helm and Kimo Mitchell was in the high surf near Molokini that night.
  • Bombing ended

    Bombing ended

    The Hawaiians had finally gotten George Helms message and stepped up to finnally get George Bush to stop the bombing on Koho`olawe. And so President George H.W. Bush ordered that all weapons training on Kahoolawe be stopped.
  • Apology Bill

    Apology Bill

    After almost a century since the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom had happened, Bill Clinton had signed the apology bill.
  • Koho`olawe returned!

    Koho`olawe returned!

    Koho`olawe was finally returned to the Hawaiian state.