A United States naval ship journeys from Hawaii in 1936, sent by King Leopold III of Belgium, to return the remains of Jozef De Veuster—known as Father Damiaan. The reason for this journey stems from his earlier connection with a community of people suffering from leprosy on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, where those afflicted were isolated. Amidst unsanitary conditions, he encountered a population that openly and …