Many thanks to Denby for a fascinating story.

Although what follows is far away from her topic, I'm wondering what people will think when I say that civilians like the weavers and lei sellers would actually have been legitimate military targets for our enemies to kill.  Many civilians like "Rosie the riveter" worked in ammunition factories, or collected scrap metal for future use in guns and tanks, or sold government victory bonds to raise money for the government to manufacture weaponry.  It is not easy to defend the concept that soldiers should not attack "innocent" civilians when those civilians are not actually so innocent.  Indeed, one reason why Denby's story is so inspirational is because it shows that even the sweet, gentle lei sellers were patriots serving the military machine.  I appreciate their patriotism, and Denby's story-telling.  I'd like people to think about the question whether civilians doing military work should really be off-limits for enemy soldiers to attack.