The growth in the number of Latino immigrants began to stall in 2008. Since then, Asians have been the single largest group of new immigrants arriving in the U.S. The Census Bureau now projects the Hispanic immigrant population to grow by 57% from 2015 to 2050.
World War II and Camp Tarawa. World War II changed everything. The war brought the military to the pastures outside of Waimea. Military facilities and homes were built. A huge tent city, called Camp Tarawa, was constructed on Parker Ranch land. Farmers settled in the area and began growing diversified crops to sell to the military or ship to Hilo for the War effort.
Henderson Field (IATA: MDY, ICAO: PMDY) is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States.The airport is used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations. It still serves in this capacity, for instance in June 2011, in July 2012 and in July 2014.enderson Field was named after Major Lofton R. Henderson (killed in the Battle of Midway during WWII) and is one of 3 airfields so-named (the other 2 include the original Henderson Field on Eastern Island (Midway Atoll) and Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)).