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OTL of course Hawaii became a US territory and then later was directly incorporated as a state. But what different forces could have led to it being decolonised after WW2 a la the Philippines? Kept on as a close US ally, of course, probably on a short lead, but...

(I always wondered if this might be the end result of those timelines with Japan briefly occupying the islands during the war).

Granted you've got a much greater non-native population to consider but...
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