The number of #Tongan immigrants increased dramatically at the end of World War II when they came as labor missionaries for the #Hawaiian Temple, Church College and the Polynesian Cultural Center

The first #Tongan family came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1956. This marked the beginning of a small migration of #Tongans, Tahitians and Fijians

the first known #Tongan in the United States was a man who came to Utah in 1924 for additional education. The Tonga man accompanied a #Mormon missionary returning to the United States. The missionary went back to Tonga and returned to Utah with another #Tongan man in 1936.