“Did she get him his own US passport? Didn’t he make a trip to Hawaii in December, 1969? Did he travel on his own?”
1. We don’t know.
2. It was in 1970 according to his narrative. His father arrives from Kenya the next month in January 1971.
3. That is what his narrative say’s.
Two pics of Barack Sr. either arriving at Hawaii airport or getting ready to leave.
http://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/barack-obama-sr-with-barack-obama-jr1.jpg
http://www.independentsentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/barack-stanley.jpg
Is that when the picture of him and the other boy was taken. IIRC, that was at Christmas time and was taken in a school room (3rd grade?). Didn’t he also make trip to be interviewed by the Punahou School?
Just as a point of order I think most people take pictures at the airport when someone is leaving...
Here are some dates with links from the period....
7/18/1970 SAD Passport expires - date of expiration on 1968 update.
8/15/1970 Maya Sorento born
x/x/1970 Date not exact. 1970 is year cited in article as when Obama met Frank Marshall Davis - problem - Obama is supposed to be in Indonesia. “Mrs Weatherly-Williams said that the poet was first introduced to the future Democratic presidential candidate in 1970 at the age of 10.”
12/1/1970 Madelyn Dunham is promoted to bank VP in December 1970 she achieved a significant first, becoming one of the bank’s first two female vice presidents.
http://womensissues.about.com/od/influentialwomen/p/MadelynDunham.htm
x/x/1971 - Obama travels from Indonesia to Hawaii. His book indicates he was ‘alone’. This is unlikely. It is a multi-national, multi-hop trip. A 9 or 10 year traveling alone is very unlikely.
10/20/1971 SAD leaves Indonesia Pan Am flight 812. Nothing in records indicate Obama was traveling with her.
http://theobamafile.com/_family/Senior.htm
x/x/1971 BHO jr.attends 5th grade at Punahou according to article. It indicates he is handful of new students - as he started on first day of class.
“In fall 1971, Obama walked into room 307,Mabel Hefty’s fifth-grade class on the top floor of Castle Hall, where majestic, arched windows afforded a sweeping view of the elementary school grounds. Obama was one of a handful of new students that year, the standard entry point being fourth grade.”
http://www.punahou.edu/page.cfm?p=1715
The posting above by Panuahou supports Obama being in Hawaii well before October 1971. This would imply he did not travel with his mother since her passport expired in 1970 and she did not renew it until after she arrived in October 1971.
12/15/1971 BHO Senior visits Hawaii for a month
http://www.fcaea.org/aid=162.phtml
1/4/1972 SAD reapplies for passport indicating she will be there indefinitely.
1/14/1972 SAD returns to Indonesia
There was a reason for the ‘Grand Family Reunion’. Likely matters of custody. But the specifics have always been murky. As you can see most dates are not specific.
